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I posted this very early in the school year, I think most
of you were still on summer vacation. Is anyone using the
Voyager Universal Literacy reading program? Are you having
success with it? I teach second grade and I am am having
the following difficulties: *Non-readers are not given the
chance to learn letters and sounds, just repeat the words
that I read, such as camouflage and biography. *I have more
nonreaders than readers (12 non, 7 barely read, and 3 are
almost on-target) so NO work gets done in the stations.
*There is not a language component. My children still
cannot write sentences.

Due to time constraints and having to teach all the other
subjects, there is no time in the day to teach language. I
currently only get half the math time that I should. Please
don't ask me to call my union rep, because there is nothing
that can be done. I am not trying to make the situation
better for me, just trying...See More
SCteacher /blockquote>

On 9/19/05, KB wrote:
> I posted this very early in the school year, I think most
> of you were still on summer vacation. Is anyone using the
> Voyager Universal Literacy reading program? Are you having
> success with it? I teach second grade and I am am having
> the following difficulties: *N...See More
Sep 17, 2006
SCteacher /blockquote>

I used Voyager when I taught first grade in GA with lots of
success. I don't understand why you have so many non-
readers in 2nd grade. Did they have Voyager in first grade
or is this your school's first year implementing? I've
found if they have the program starting in Kinder they are
much more successfu...See More
Sep 17, 2006
Dana Glass /blockquote>

Voyager is the most boring reading program on the market. It
does not teach reading comprehension. I am in a district
where most of the schools have to use it. Our school was lucky
enough not to have to use it. When I get a kindergartner or
first grade student from a Voyager school I cringe!! They read
w...See More
Oct 22, 2006


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