Phonics Mania

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@infi.net>]

Dear All,

I have been following this thread with interest. I am the product of a
phonics based reading program. Seventy kids in a parochial school First
grade class in 1953 and we all learned to read using phonics. I have
also seen my own children progress through the public education system
learning to read with other reading programs. My oldest taught herself
to read by watching Sesame Street faithfully twice a day. So I accept
the fact that reading is not a "one method fits all" skill.

In my state of NJ there is a bill in the Assembly education committee
that would effectively make phonics the "official" reading method of our
state and even mandate a state-wide phonics test for lower grade
students. It is  A3360 and it establishes a procedure for the diagnosis
of reading ability of kindergarten, first and second grade pupils.
Needless to say our local state teachers association, the NJEA, opposes
it.

Jo

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Josephine G. Dervan, Library Media Specialist
Strathmore Elementary School
Aberdeen, NJ 07747

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