I?m a kindergarten teacher and the way I’ve been teaching reading is wrong
Every September, my class of kindergarten kids look at me in excitement. They don?t know it, but this is the year they?ll start learning to read: learning the letter sounds, sounding out words and eventually reading sentences. Some sail through and become masters before the year is over. Others take longer, but I know they?re on their way when I send them to grade one. But some kids just don?t seem to be able to grasp some of the basic skills, and it worries me. When I tell parents, ?They?re just not ready yet,? is it the truth" Will they catch up" And is there anything I could be doing differently to get them where they need to be"
Feeling like something was missing from my literacy program, I threw myself into researching best practices for teaching early readers, and boy, was I embarrassed by some of my findings. I was a veteran teacher with 20 years of experience, including five years as a kindergarten teacher, when I fell down the ?science of reading? rabbit hole?first online, then from books and professional development sessions as I was drawn in further. I was shocked and mortified to find that a bunch of the things I was doing in my classroom are called out by researchers as scientifically unsupported no-nos. The strategies I was using aren?t just my strategies, though. The ways I?ve been teaching reading are deeply ingrained in our schools and our curriculum. Things need to change.
The backstory
For decades, education experts and educators have debat...
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