Re: whole language question

[Art Burke <aburke@VANSD.ORG>]

I guess I'm trying to understand where "context"  and "authenticity" come in as differentiators of phonics and whole language approaches.  Art

>>> gsheridan@BOMUSD.K12.CA.US 03/04 10:37 AM >>>
Art:

Try not to lose track of the point. Phonics-first advocates do not favor
teaching sight words out of context. There are teachers who do this (a
holdover from the look-say instruction of the early fifties). Sometimes
phonics proponents blame whole language for this practice. Whole language
practitioners want to make clear that they are not responsible for wasting
student time in this way, that in fact drilling isolated words makes no
more sense than drilling the sounds of isolated letters. Don't take too
much time arguing for a practice no expert on any side defends.

At 08:37 AM 03/04/2002 -0800, Art Burke wrote:
>My background is not in reading, and I'm trying to understand what the
details of the  "whole language" - "phonics" debate.  What does "teaching
sight words out of context" mean?  Art

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Art Burke also wrote:

> OK, suppose I can't read the word "cat," so somebody writes it on a
> card and drills me with it until I can read it.  What's wrong with
> that?
George Sheridan

Northside School
Black Oak Mine Unified School District
860 Cave Valley Road
Cool, California 95614

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