Re: rowan reads... some more

[Guest guest]

, The silent e is like a signal in a word and it sends a

signal to the previous vowel to say it's own name. This works much

of the time when there are two vowels in a one-syllable word. ai

says A, a_e says A, ea says E, o_e says O, ie says I. Works in most

one-syllable words. The pattern is called CVVC (consonant, vowel,

vowel, consonant) or CVCe (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent e.)

Generally, if a one syllable word only has one vowel, it is a short

vowel sound like in cat, tin, dog, set, or jump. Of course, when you

get into two syllable words like movie, then everything changes.Leggs

I LOVE Rowan's ability to sound it out, " Sex movies " is even better

than " Sex moves. " Don't you just love when they read aloud in

public? Brandt was five when he read a highway sign as " Vaginia Inn

18 miles. " It was actually " Virginia Inn 18 miles. " LOL

[Guest guest]

OK Leggs are you an English Teacher? Wow!! I did great in school except for

English.

Re: rowan reads... some more

, The silent e is like a signal in a word and it sends a

signal to the previous vowel to say it's own name. This works much

of the time when there are two vowels in a one-syllable word. ai

says A, a_e says A, ea says E, o_e says O, ie says I. Works in most

one-syllable words. The pattern is called CVVC (consonant, vowel,

vowel, consonant) or CVCe (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent e.)

Generally, if a one syllable word only has one vowel, it is a short

vowel sound like in cat, tin, dog, set, or jump. Of course, when you

get into two syllable words like movie, then everything changes.Leggs

I LOVE Rowan's ability to sound it out, " Sex movies " is even better

than " Sex moves. " Don't you just love when they read aloud in

public? Brandt was five when he read a highway sign as " Vaginia Inn

18 miles. " It was actually " Virginia Inn 18 miles. " LOL

[Guest guest]

Funny thing is that I learned to read by sight and so did my only

> child. No phonics here! Leggs

That's how my son, joshua (15 nt)learned too...

i was amazed when he brought homework home, and

it was basically learning to memorize the words..

no phonics what so ever....I never understood it,

but he did learn to read very quickly.(and he didn't

learn to read until he was in school)

I wondered what happened to learning how to sound

out a word...is that how it is now? Its hard to

tell, cause of the way jenna learns...but i can't

wait to see how they teach rachelle.

nancy

[Guest guest]

> I wondered what happened to learning how to sound

> out a word...is that how it is now? Its hard to

> tell, cause of the way jenna learns

I learned whole language and it was easy for me as I am a visual learner

with a good memory. But phonics is better for some.

What really bugs me is when people decide that one way is " best. " If it

doesn't work, it ain't best!

Enrique, obviously, learned to read by whole language as did Putter since no

one taught them to read. But I remember when Enrique was five and reading

everything he could find about black holes nad particle physics in

Scientific American, some mom from my homeschooling group told me that she

had heard that " if they weren't taught phonics, then you'd have to go back

and teach it to them later. "

Huh?

Salli who NEVER had to go back and teach phonics to Enrique

[Guest guest]

rowan has a good grasp on phonics and can sound out unfamiliar words but i would

guess that 1/3 of his reading is sight reading (we used the dolch lists that

jacquie v and others suggested).

M.G.mum to

Sebastian, 11 kinda quirky(NT)

Rowan, 6 extra quirky (ASD)

married to and living in Northern Ontario

[Guest guest]

LMAO!!!!

Sue

[Guest guest]

> Funny thing is that I learned to read by sight and so did my only

> > child. No phonics here! Leggs

>

> That's how my son, joshua (15 nt)learned too...

Me too, and .

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> had heard that " if they weren't taught phonics, then you'd have to go back

> and teach it to them later. "

>

Maybe that's why I continually mispronounce big words when I first encounter

them and sometimes for years until I'm corrected!

ie: maniACKal

ie:superFLUus

ie: panAsha (panacea - who wouldn've guess it sounds like it looks?)

ie: centriFUGUEal

Oh, how I mangle language -- but once corrected, you can bet I never forget!

That used to drive me NUTS about my best friend -- you could correct her a

thousand times and she'd STILL say something wrong!

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

Both and I learned to read by sight reading. And like you, I

mangle words all the time. I often have to look them up in the

dictionary to see how they're pronounced. Sometimes it can be a little

embarrassing.

Maggie

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