My thoughts on Dr. Gwendolyn's post

 

Here is a post by Dr. Gwendolyn and my thoughts. LINK.

Dr. Gwendolyn:

Can we wait until third grade to address reading gaps when we know that early intervention is effective? Research consistently demonstrates that the sooner we intervene, the better chance we have of closing these gaps before they widen and become more challenging to manage.

 

My thoughts:

I agree. I’ve often questioned why we wait until fourth grade to identify students who aren’t reading at grade level, and I haven’t received a satisfactory answer. This notion that we must wait until fourth grade seems to be perpetuated by those with vested interests. Just think about how many intervention and remediation services would be impacted. Another unanswered question is how we can identify children likely to struggle with reading by the end of first grade right at the beginning of that year.

Recordings of Jack’s reading to 8.5.2022

 

The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. (Einstein)

 

My 1^st lesson with Jack was on the 27.4.2022.

I recorded Jack’s pronunciation of the sounds represented by consonants and posted it in my blog.

I said that Jack is unable to read even a single sentence because he was confused as he was taught the sounds represented by consonants wrongly. This is true of all my dyslexic students I taught since 2004.

Science of Reading Advocates half-truths and misdirection - Dr. Sam Bommarito

 

Here are some extracts from Dr. Sam Bommarito’s blog post and my comments.

Sam:

We know that SOME (not all!) Science of Reading Advocates use half-truths and misdirection to promote a very limited and limiting way of teaching.

We know that some SOR advocates use tactics like swarming, personal attacks, and misinformation to dissuade educators with views other than their own from speaking out. I call those advocates the “my way or the highway” crowd. I’ve personally experienced the tactic of misinformation, and I’ve been swarmed many times. But not all advocates of direct instruction agree with the pronouncements of the “my way or the highway” crew. A well-known advocate of direct Instruction has accused some SOR folks of “making that stuff up” when it comes to their claims about the efficacy of the long-term use of decodables.