I missed class today to go to a training entitled "Phonics to Read" which Muldoon will be implementing starting Monday. Since we have a large body of children in the third grade that barely read at or below a first grade level, the school is going to be adding a 40 minute segment of literacy at the end of the afternoon everyday to help bring up those children.
I am not sure why it is called "Phonics to Read" since phonics itself is a small part of the overall program which is really an offshoot of Ashlock that focuses on phonemic awareness, vowel blends and breaking down multi-syllabic words.
I am excited to start this program and see how much of a difference it really makes. I will be in charge of 8-9 upper middle children who are just off benchmark and using our training and the curriculum to try to fill in those gaps and bring those children up.
If all goes well, in six weeks the children will be retested and if enough children advance, I might split with the kids on or above benchmark and work on some of those lower ones to solidify their reading skills and strategies.
This is going to be a lot of work to start off, but once we get in the swing of it it should flow very well.
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