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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Phonics instruction is really only k-1. Not sure why people think young kids should spend a lot of time “reading” in kindergarten. There are tons of read alouds and opportunities to build other literacy skills. No one is drilling phonics in 4th grade. I do appreciate the focus on word awareness/ morphology for more proficient readers. My child loves exploring language and this has been a plus. [/quote] To be fair, it’s through 2nd, at least at our DCPS, and they’re considering extending Fundations to 3rd. But it has served my kids well even though they didn’t fall into the camp of kids who “needed” it. 2nd grader’s Lexile level is in the low 900s per RI (so we’ll above where you’d think of phonics as targeting) and she doesn’t complain about her 20 minutes of fundations/day.[/quote]
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