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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listen to the "Sold a Story" podcast. It's horrifying. You definitely need to take on reading instruction at home
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Please understand that lots of teachers know how to teach phonics and even tried to teach it despite the higher ups pushing Lucy Caulkins and other crap.

Years ago, my school got a grant and a trainer from the American Reading Company came to our school. She was there all day for a month “training” the primary teachers. It was an awful program. At the end of the month, I told my principal I would not be teaching kids how to read using “strategies” like “look at the picture” and “look at the first letter of the word.” She said my refusal would be reflected in my professional duties. I started looking for another school but thankfully she left our school at the end of the year.

Nobody listens to the teachers. We have next to no power at all in regards to curriculum, pacing, etc. Thankfully the science of reading is currently in vogue so my students are learning how to read the right way without me having to close the door and hide my materials. [/quote]

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