HI, dear teacher,

As a retired teacher, I do not know how sight vocabulary is now being taught in first grade.  Please share with us how it is being done where you are in the U.S.A.  Is there a lot of drill on flash cards? Do you use phonics to help?  How successful is the method that is now being used?
Thanks for sharing, dear 1st grade teacher.

Fraternally yours (although retired),

Janet

How important is "readiness" ?

Hi, dear teacher,

How important is "readiness" before you start teaching your first graders to read?  Do you ever just reach them regardless of their "readiness"?  Tell us your experience.  Let's see the state of teaching beginning reading throughout the U.S.

Fraternally (although retired),
Janet
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