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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our MCPS 3rd grader got phonics in kindergarten, but they never sent anything home about it; they just covered it at school. We never did any formal reading instruction at home, and our kid learned to read just fine and is a very good (and avid) reader now. I wouldn't assume you need to do more than read to your kid and model reading as a pastime. [/quote]

That’s my experience too.  Three kids, three different districts. They learned to read on time.

If your child is still going to school you have to assume that they are doing some of the teaching too. [/quote]

No, no, no. If your kid was in elementary in MCPS a few years ago their literacy curriculum was Benchmark which uses balanced literacy which is total garbage. It doesn’t teach kids to read based on the science of reading. They didn’t even purchase the phonics or handwriting components of the curriculum at first so those things were not part of the curriculum. It’s completely unconscionable. I can’t say enough bad things about this crap curriculum as a former teacher. The only teachers who succeeded in teaching kids to read at this time were ones who used phonics materials they brought in themselves. Or who had kids who learned in preschool, or who got pulled out because they were failing and got one on one support using the Really Great Reading curriculum which is science based. Or who had parents like me that spent multiple years working with my kid each night on phonics. I’m so angry about this still and it’s not right that a public school harmed millions of students in their education in this way. The kids who didn’t learn to read well will suffer the impacts the rest of their lives. [/quote]

OP here. Okay I think I am understanding better now. They must have sent home extra Benchmark books they had lying around. I looked at them and was like wtaf. Though the fact they are sending home materials that are shown to actually create bad habits does not inspire a lot of confidence.[/quote]

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