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[b]Reading is  multi-faceted neurological process and it takes the addressing of each pupil's issue (s), which go WAY beyond phonics to teach[/b]. Stay away from any entity  that discusses phonics instruction over  whatever they or you think balanced literacy is.  These are terms thrown around to complain about schools,  and has nothing to contribute to the instruction of reading. [/quote]

Yes, reading is multi-faceted, but being able to match letters and letter "teams" to phonemes (all 44 of them) and to blend and segment phonemes into syllables and words is a vital fundamental skill that is needed.  There are many other skills needed, but without those, reading will not be able to happen.

Surgeons need to have sterile technique in the operating room. Clean hands aren't surgery and aren't the point of the operation; but without a foundation of cleanliness, the operation will not be a success. [/quote]

However:
1. TRUE dyslexia  is a neurological issue impeding the ability to do that. Sorry, but it is true, and you can beat a kid over the head with all kinds of phoneme matching, vowel teams, digraphs, etc., and, no, it doesn't cure dyslexia. Companies, or any entities, who insist that is does are scams. Sorry. 
2. [b]Kids need a plethora of techniques,  with phonics being one of them. Just one. Phonics is really only a small part of it.[/b] 
3. If you want to improve reading skills in children,  we must start in INFANCY and Preschool. Language development, experience with  print, experience with words and semantics is the key to successful reading, as well as continued language development well into adulthood.  It is not Orton Gillingham.  Secondly,  there's a lot of skill  and behavior in reading that has nothing to do with phonics. Nothing.

Your schools are not the problem. Kids literally do not need to read anything today,  to fake it through. Everything is digitized and filled with graphics, requiring only  small pockets of attention. We need to stop discussing simple things  in the face of complex challenges. It just isn't that easy.[/quote]

What does this mean?  What is reading if it’s not converting text on a page into sounded-out words?[/quote]

Looking at picture clues and first and last letters, for instance. Some kids are “sight” readers.[/quote]

When those kids encounter a new-to-them multi-syllabic word, they slow down, sound it out phonetically, read the word in context, and figure it out.  (That's how words become mispronounced.). Or else they just, what, make something up? Skip the word entirely and miss the meaning of the sentence? Cry?[/quote]
I have a sister who can't tell the difference between tablespoons and teaspoons in an internet recipe because they didn't capitalize Tablespoons.  It made for some interesting baked goods.  It was true as a kid, but as an adult she still can't tell the difference and has to ask someone for help.  It's pretty embarrassing for a 35 yo PhD.[/quote]

Um... how did she earn a PhD? What field?[/quote]

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