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Professional Development for teachers and Essential Information for Parents

Parents

   In order to help parents these articles were written.

 

1) The Definition of Reading

To read aloud, we convert written words into spoken words.  We can call this word recognition. Usually we read to understand, but the ability to sound out the written word may be taught as a skill...Click here for more

2)The Five Elements of Reading with Understanding

 Before looking more closely at the meat of what The Phonics Institute proposes to do, let’s look at the elements of reading with understanding.  This is what we want our children to do: read with understanding (and write well, too)....Click here for more

3)The Phonics Institute Manifesto

 

4) A Phonics Institute direct proposal for voluntary phonics-based reading instruction in school

 

5)A Phonics Institute Proposal for remedial in a middle school/junior high school setting

 

6)Reading Dos and Dont's

Dos 1. Encourage the students to take on the responsibility of figuring out the "sound values" of all letters in all written words they are reading, developing the phonics habit...Click here for more

 

7)Reading Problems Are Preventable

 

8)Talking Points Memorandum

Sample question: How is reading generally taught in Virgin Islands public schools and in schools throughout the United States? What are the major problems with the way reading and writing is usually taught in our schools?....click here for more

(9)Speculations on underlying Causes of poor reading instruction

In mid-March 1997, the author of this report sought and obtained the approval of Dr. Moorehead to fulfill the major research paper requirements of EDU 505 by the preparation and submission of a proposal to the Virgin Islands Education Commission, together with an accompanying commentary on anthropological and sociological issues relating to the proposal....Click here for more

(10)How to Help your Child be successful on school

If your "Mary" is to be as successful in school as she should be, she has to learn to read really well. I suspect most parents assume, as I did, that teachers know how to teach reading and writing effectively, and can be trusted to use lesson plans proven to result in skillful readers without bad reading habits....Click here for more

(11)Brook Hill Controversy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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