I am required to use the HM reading series. At grade level 4 what they
call phonics is not what I consider phonics. For instance ...base
words, suffixes, contractions, word roots, and homophones. In my mind
this is not phonics, I would call this word work.
Rosie
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From: Jackson,Jane A <jjac...@nwmissouri.edu>
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
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Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 11:07 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] phonics question- 2nd grade teacher
Phonic Instruction should be in all grades through grade 6.. and when
done
effectively will impact students reading when continued through grade
8...
Spelling skills are increased -- word recognition and retention, as
well as
meaning are impacted. Look through the research. You will find that
phonics is
most effective when taught with direct explicit instruction - and then
taken
right into the text. Lesson on the spelling and formation of the mouth
and sound
plus as students are older and you add affixes they directly change the
meanings. Phonics instruction at upper grades also allows the student
to look at
language origins. But, again -- each time there is instruction in
phonics you
must locate it in the book or passage you are reading and discuss it in
context.
That's where students make the connection between reading is writing --
writing
is for reading and spelling it appropriately makes it readable!
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From: mosaic-bounces+jjackso=nwmissouri....@literacyworkshop.org on
behalf of
Jeanne Garringer
Sent: Wed 7/22/2009 7:42 AM
To: mosaic listserve
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] phonics question- 2nd grade teacher
I have taught for 18 years in either grades K or 1, and I am a
real
proponent of systematic phonics instruction as providing a solid base
of
letter/sound representation in terms of decoding strategies for
beginning
readers. Please check out the National Reading Panel's findings in the
area of
phonics. The information is very comprehensive and serves as a good
rationale
in terms of a research base for using phonics instruction in your
classroom.
Now in terms of "do all children need phonics?", not all children
learn in
the same fashion, so I would advocate a more "balanced" approach that
would
include whole language instruction as well as the phonics. Afterall,
our goal
is for every word to eventually become a sight word. I have found that
phonics
instruction is most helpful for my students that struggle; however, my
stronger
readers use phonics skills to help them decode more difficult words and
when
they are writing to help them spell words.
The bottom line is "gaining meaning" from text. Children can
decode words
all day, but if they aren't gaining meaning from what they are reading,
then
technically they are not "reading". So yes, teach phonics along side
other word
recognition strategies in order to catch all readers. Make sure that
these
skills are taught and applied in context of real text. Decodeable
phoncis texts
tend to be boring and have very little plot. The children don't like
them
either.
You say that you teach 2nd grade so if your K and 1st grade
teachers have
provided your children with a solid reading base (including phonics),
you can
focus more fully on teaching the comprehension strategies such as those
outlined
in Mosaic of Thought. I hope this helps.
Jeanne Garringer
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:06:36 +0000
From: swill...@comcast.net
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [MOSAIC] phonics question- 2nd grade teacher
Hello All,
I'm a second grade school teacher. Throughout my time in school the
great
phonics controversy has popped up more than once. I would like your
take on the
topic. Do all children need to be taught phonics? Why or why not?
Thank you,
2nd grade School Teacher
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