Lori said she wasn't sure that we needed to teach all the vowel sounds ea or ee directly, etc. I agree... I know the idea is you are illuminating the patterns of the reading code, but my experience has been that it feels to children as though they are having to learn yet another language. It is too abstract/isolated to do all that in direct explicit instruction. AND it isn't worthy of the time it requires. I'd rather have the kids doing more reading and we know the research validates the effectiveness of that. I know it is important and I dont' want to irgnore it but there , as always, is a happy medium to be found in our approach which will address the diversity of the students in your classroom. IMO Gina _________________________________________________________________ Gear up for Halo® 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. It’s our way of saying thanks for using Windows Live™. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_WLHMTxt_2 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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