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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My APS ES kid has phonics instruction every day. I'm not sure about in K because it was just a "language arts" block, but in 1st had both phonemic awareness and phonics, and in 2nd phonics. DC is a strong reader so admittedly haven't paid much attention, but now I'm curious if it's not really phonics, or if there are differences between schools?[/quote]

It varies with the school. Most APS schools choose Calkin but there are a few that don’t. [/quote]
Mi thought all of APS switched. We are at nottingham and they are using Orrin Gilligham this year thank goodness. Mynolder kids has one heck of a time leading to read, and one is still struggling. [/quote]

No, Nottingham isn’t using Orton-Gillingham school wide this year in classroom-sized groups. OG is not a tier 1 program at any APS school. Some schools previously (in the past 2 years) started using Lucy Calkins Phonics in grades 1-2 which is better than the reading and writing curriculum in that it does include phonics. A few schools are using fundations in primary grades but only a few, I know ATS and Barcroft have used it. Some other schools use Fundations and Wilson as an intervention program and all K-1 uses heggerty Phonemic awareness drills as well. There has been a big switch this year to structured literacy and to using Lexia for all students in elementary. OG is a small group or 1:1 intervention so tier 2 or 3 in ATSS or also in special education services.

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Sorry can you explain what all this means? Especially tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3. Is Fundations and Wilson structured literacy? I have a kindergartener at ATS so we have very little experience with the school system. We picked ATS because my coworker kept raving about it so I figured why not tour it. I did, liked it, applied and DD got in. Definitely have no idea who Calkins was before this week lol though now I’m glad we are in a school that doesn’t use it.[/quote]

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