A big part of it is that many schools don’t teach phonics anymore. The bright kids can backfill the phonics rules with enough exposure to “sight words”. I suspect the dimmer ones never quite manage it.
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Replying to @eigenrobot
No idea. Some BS modern educational theory most likely. But it’s on the list of reasons my kids no longer attend public school. Eldest had “sight words” in K, was reading “at level”. Switched to phonics in 1st, was reading at Gr3 in 2 months, Gr5 by end of year.
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see also: sentence diagrams
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I didn't learn phonics - phonics vs sight reading is a...very *heated* debate in education and the standard method is swapped every couple years/decades :P
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I am involved in the education of two first graders right now. One has a solid phonics background and painstakingly sounds out new words. The other has a sight reading background and looks at the first/last letter, guesses based on context, and then gives up if incorrect.
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Replying to @random_scrub @selentelechia and
I know that it *is* controversial. I have yet to see a reason why sight reading has significant support. My experience is painfully in favor of phonics.
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interesting! I'm probably too much of an outlier wrt reading to base any endorsement of one or the other on my own experiences
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wait are you actually illiterate this would solve some mysteries but generate others
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hey wait which mysteries would it solve
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Replying to @selentelechia @eigenrobot and
anyways I was a very strong sight reader when I learned to read and still frequently can't pronounce words I've only read
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