EDU 371 Phonics Based Reading and Decoding

Week 2 Assignment: CD1 and CD2

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This week I listed to teaching CD 1 and CD 2 fom the Action Reading program Fundamentals: A Research Based, Phonics Tutorial Learn to Read Program by Jeanie Eller, MA. I have to admit that I find her voice a little irritating, but that is not the point of this experience. The activities and CDs are designed to help a teacher raise up a student in the art of phonics in a very stimulating environment.

CD 1 gave me foundational songs that can be used to help implement the program. I found the beginning information very positive. You never start at the top to build a house. How true is that? It made me think more about literacy. Why did we ever switch to learning words, sight reading, when that...