Letters to the Editor...
Teaching the saying of words, not reading, with phonics
To those who glorify phonics as a way
to 'read', I say: make distinctions.
Phonics may help a child say words. It
does not cause a child to get meaning.
Phonics is not a panacea. Phonics is a
piece of the balanced meal. No one would
eat carrots all their life and say; I am
well fed. It doesn't work. I can say Spanish words fluently, one
after the other. I have no clue what it
is all about. I can say French words
fluently too. I have no clue as to what
it all means. People who glorify phonics
haven't taught very long, or maybe, not
very well. A piece of something is never
the whole thing. gh
Georgia Hedrick, saraw1@msn.com,
3/17/02
This month's letters:
ADD, 3/31/02, by Dennis.
Teaching Reading With Phonics, 3/31/02, by AP.
phonics, 3/27/02, by stewart e brekke.
Teaching reading, 3/25/02, by Sandy Scarborough.
Teaching reading, 3/25/02, by Sandy Scarborough.
Reading Scores, 3/23/02, by Cindy Helms.
Teaching reading, 3/23/02, by Nancy Healy.
teaching reading with phonics, 3/23/02, by Jan Wolfe.
teaching reading with phonics, 3/23/02, by barbara.
Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary , 3/22/02, by Jayne Ameri.
Age Discrimination, 3/20/02, by Daren Jack.
Teaching the saying of words, not reading, with phonics, 3/17/02, by Georgia Hedrick.
publishing, 3/07/02, by stewart e brekke.
Post secondary Education, 3/05/02, by Shanks Seetharam.
Teaching Reading with Phonics, 3/04/02, by Marilyn Rebert.
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