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<blockquote data-quote="agee" data-source="post: 391504"><p>I just read an article about how kids in 3rd/4th grade who substitute words they don't know instead of sounding out the actual word actually need more phonics instruction. Man, I wish I could remember where I read that. Basically, because the emphasis in the younger grades is on sight words, many kids get through 2nd grade on level for reading but have actually memorized words and aren't reading phonetically. Not a bad strategy, and actually I know this is the way I learned to read as well and both my kids learned/are learning to read this way, but since it relies on knowledge of vocab, contextual clues, picture clues, etc. it eventually leads to this substitution when a word is unfamiliar.</p><p>I am in no way a learning/reading specialist, but I read a lot about teaching and learning since I am a former educator and a (possibly) future homeschooler. My difficult child does this type of thing all the time - since he had a terrible 1st grade experience (bad teacher and lots of medication trials) he pretty much missed the whole phonics thing. So this made sense to me.</p><p>A</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agee, post: 391504"] I just read an article about how kids in 3rd/4th grade who substitute words they don't know instead of sounding out the actual word actually need more phonics instruction. Man, I wish I could remember where I read that. Basically, because the emphasis in the younger grades is on sight words, many kids get through 2nd grade on level for reading but have actually memorized words and aren't reading phonetically. Not a bad strategy, and actually I know this is the way I learned to read as well and both my kids learned/are learning to read this way, but since it relies on knowledge of vocab, contextual clues, picture clues, etc. it eventually leads to this substitution when a word is unfamiliar. I am in no way a learning/reading specialist, but I read a lot about teaching and learning since I am a former educator and a (possibly) future homeschooler. My difficult child does this type of thing all the time - since he had a terrible 1st grade experience (bad teacher and lots of medication trials) he pretty much missed the whole phonics thing. So this made sense to me. A [/QUOTE]
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