I also really like the reference to the research by Kucer on p. 148 that shows "children can read natural text more easily than text that has been manipulated to include certain phonics patterns". I think that's true as well!!! Goodbye, basals.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Finegan, Ch. 12; Freeman and Freeman, Ch. 5 & 6
This week's chapters are all about writing and orthography. Finegan talks about the history of written language and various types of writing systems, including logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic systems. Freeman and Freeman go into great detail describing features of English orthography in Chapter 5. Examples include the rules for dropping the silent and when to double consonants. They get into the implications of linguistics for phonics instruction in Chapter 6. I really like their philosophy of teaching spelling and phonics. I've talked about the investigative approach spelling a great deal in the discussion forum...
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Yes, I enjoyed reading that part as well as the report by Goswami. She found that children did much better with the words "hark" and "lark" than with words "hark" and "harm", which is quite surprising to me.
ReplyDeleteHey carly, just curious, what does "basals" mean?
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