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Synthetic Phonics
Pascal introduced an idea where sounds and letters were pronouced alone and then blended togheter. -
What is being taught, Not How
In the beginning the Bible, morality, and patriotism in the United States was taught before anything else. The alphabet and phonics; letters, letter syllables, spellings of sounds and then to reading texts came next. So, teaching how to read was important to read the Bible first then other texts next. -
Battledores to Spellers
Battledores were usually made of thick paper folded into thirds. Battledores had the alphabet in both capital and small letters. They used pairs of letters, letters out of order, a prayer or short story, and illustrations of biblical or everyday scenes. -
American Spelling Book
spelling book that progressed by age, gave rules of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. -
McGuffey Eclectic Reader
Book that was grade level appropriate that taught sight words, sentence length, and vocabulary. -
Joseph Rice
He found after giving spelling tests to childing in the US, that the higher results were from students who had phoinics teaching rather than whole word. -
Scott Foresman
The books help to teach the stuent to read where words were a repetition. Beteween 1930-1970 -
Whole Language
Whole language was based on meaning and strategy instruction. Kids recognize words as whole peices instead of parts. -
Hooked on Phonics
John Shanahan was a musician who made up mucial drills for kids to understand how to read. -
No Child Left Behind
Program signed by President Bush that used Federal funding for a reading program based on Systematic Phonics Instruction.
