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I teach kindergarten in a private school that begins using
spalding phonics in 1st grade. For various reasons, I am
considering my options for next year, and I am not crazy
about the language arts curriculum I am required to use.
I have recently begun reading Patricia Cunningham and the
4 blocks, and I like what I'm seeing. However, it does
not seem compatible with Spalding. Am I correct in this
assumption? Or do the two share similarities, and if so,
what are they?
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On 1/26/08, Curious wrote:
> I teach kindergarten in a private school that begins using
> spalding phonics in 1st grade. For various reasons, I am
> considering my options for next year, and I am not crazy
> about the language arts curriculum I am required to use.
> I have recently begun r...See More
Jan 26, 2008
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I'm not sure on the ins and outs of the Spalding program except that it is a
research based program and is primarily phonics... is this correct? If you MUST
do the Spalding, perhaps you could do that as your Working with Words block
and do the other three blocks instead of whatever reading and writing
compon...See More
Jan 26, 2008


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