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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While there are many flaws with Lucy’s curriculum, there are three positives that I’m concerned are going to the wayside with the science of reading movement.

1. Opportunity to read books. CKLA is generally strong and research-based. However, with this and similar curriculums, there isn’t necessarily space for kids to read for enjoyment at school. Classroom libraries (even organized by genre/topic) are being eliminated. I’ve seen this have negative impacts, especially in grades 3 and onward, on students’ engagement and creating a community of readers.

2. Lucy emphasizes interactive read aloud, which research shows is important even with middle and high school students. It builds vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and not to mention, provides an opportunity to incorporate community and character building. This goes to the wayside with passages on passages.

3. Less focus on writing. Many schools have a narrow view of the science of reading, which has minimized writing. Students need to write for many purposes and audiences. Writing workshop carves out time for writing (not handwriting, that needs to be taught separately and systematically). [/quote]

Those criticisms above are just NOT TRUE for Science if Reading.  And specifically are NOT true in our public using CKLA.

Lots of opportunities exist to read books beyond the mandatory curriculum (including regular trips to a school library much larger and with a wider range of book topics and difficulty levels than any "classroom library"), read aloud with teacher is part of the program, and now there is explicit instruction in how to write in an organized way. Much more writing is coming home now for younger kid than when our older kid was doing WW.

The quoted text just seems to be someone's anxiety - because it is true neither for Science of Reading nor for CKLA. [/quote]

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