I have never been convinced that this is true. For every "study" that
supports this, there is an anecdote of someone for whom reading did not
"kick in" until later than third grade. And... phonics is only one
small part of reading anyway, AND I am fully convinced that more
reading develops better decoding skills.
Developing as a reader can be such a vicious circle. If you can't read
well, you don't like to read, and if you don't like to read, you don't
get better at reading. Conversely, if you like to read, then you read,
and your skills improve.
Solution? Make sure kids are reading something interesting to them.
My two cents.
Renee
On May 21, 2012, at 2:55 AM, Felicia Barra wrote:
I know there's information about phonics and how it's harder to obtain
skills if you do not have them by the third grade but I can't find the
info.
I need to share this with a parent. Can you steer me in the right
direction?
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