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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what is going on in 4th grade, but my 6th grader in Gen Ed is doing book club, which is focused entirely on reading comprehension and not phonics.  They also are separately doing word study.  And because my dyslexic DD spent two years at a private school actually learning to read, she is able to do word study with her class (and is ahead of them) instead of getting full LA special ed pull-out, which we expected she would need.

Ideally, as the county implements phonics instructions in the lower grades, those students won't need as much of it in the upper grades.  And for the kids who are good readers, maybe this will actually help them be able to spell.  [/quote]

Spelling isn’t really super important as there is always spell check on computers. Reading comprehension is very important as kids advance through the grades though. I am concerned we are now sacrificing reading comprehension. [/quote]

You know that kids are allowed to read books outside of school, right? They can spend all their free time comprehending to their heart’s content.  You could even read the same book as your kid and discuss it with them. [/quote]

Do you understand that the reading SOLs actually test on reading comprehension, fiction and nonfiction, and not word study?[/quote]

By the way, there are actually “word study type questions” on the SOL.[/quote]

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