Are you teaching beginning reading?

Hi, Dear Teacher,

Are you teaching beginning reading?  Or, are you an administrator of beginning reading?

Would you like to know how beginning readers are doing in the U.S.A. across the country?

I would.

I am a retired teacher and am wondering if reading has improved for the 1^st graders?

Many children went through “readiness” classes,  to “get ready” to read.  There, they practiced distinguishing likenesses and differences, learned the letters of the alphabet and their sounds, matched words, and so on.

Are there still “readiness” classes in first grade?  Does preschool actually teach the children to read or just get them “ready”  to read?

What percent of a class is successful in learning as soon as they come into the 1^st grade classroom?

What percent are already reading?  What percent need “readiness”first.

Are there new approaches to teaching beginning reading?  Do you start out with the basal reader?

Is phonics necessary right away?  How are sight words taught?

Would you like to help us see just how the kids are doing nowadays?  Will you share your experience in your school…in your community?

Will you tell us where you are located?  I will post the information you send.  I will gladly keep names off the internet (to protect the innocent).

Also, any ideas on improving the statistics for beginning readers?  (Assuming, that is, improvement is needed).

If you will share, I will avoid posting names as well as whatever else you ask me not to post.

Let’s find out the state of reading for first graders in the U.S.A.

Looking forward to your sharing.

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Fraternally, although retired.

Janet

Let’s Center on Reading