tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post8251538499192259250..comments2024-02-17T21:40:24.532-07:00Comments on Carol's Corner: POEM #10- A Phonics GirlCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-50030990761625647842018-04-11T20:00:35.938-06:002018-04-11T20:00:35.938-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Paul Cianfaglione https://www.blogger.com/profile/07387438506837253681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-57393537104890915452018-04-11T17:05:32.262-06:002018-04-11T17:05:32.262-06:00You must have been bored! I know I learned to read...You must have been bored! I know I learned to read phonetically, but I must have learned sight words, too. I'm the Dick and Jane generation. This line is funny: "I think she is talking about the height of the letters." I love the repetition of the first and last line and the way the size of the letters works as an argument about how we often expect one size teaching to fit all students. Love this poem.Glenda Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020745976555044975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-9330957548285692612018-04-11T04:14:04.853-06:002018-04-11T04:14:04.853-06:00This poem is you at your best -- narrative that...This poem is you at your best -- narrative that's rich with details. How I love that Little Carol and her beanie!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-73979700439957869752018-04-11T03:59:37.677-06:002018-04-11T03:59:37.677-06:00P.S. I was at the gym yesterday watching a woman ...P.S. I was at the gym yesterday watching a woman reading her book while she sat on a stationary bike. She was near the end of the book --- always the best part --- and I wondered if she would sit on the bike longer just so she could finish. The scene made me think of you; I'm sure there was a poem hiding there somewhere. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-42745335449833195882018-04-11T03:58:21.983-06:002018-04-11T03:58:21.983-06:00What a delightful memory you've recalled. I&#...What a delightful memory you've recalled. I'm assuming the entire poem is true but, either way, I think it speaks to so much of what happens in our classrooms. How is reading defined in our classrooms? Do we truly know our students and their needs? Do they have a voice in their learning? I remember completing worksheet after worksheet about phonics. They never really made any sense, but if I could get the pattern they were easy to complete. They didn't make me a reader. I struggled to figure that one out well into adulthood. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-12552048015494881612018-04-11T03:39:24.749-06:002018-04-11T03:39:24.749-06:00Your post confirms for me my decision to choose ca...Your post confirms for me my decision to choose carefully which of my students participate in explicit phonics lessons, Carol. What a waste of your time as a learner. BTW, I think we wore the same Brownie uniforms in 2nd grade! I loved mine so much I wore it in our family photo taken at our church at the time. My older brothers were mortified!!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614784478517920789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-28769737548940390572018-04-10T23:25:21.933-06:002018-04-10T23:25:21.933-06:00Oh, Carol, I remember moving after first grade fro...Oh, Carol, I remember moving after first grade from a school with no phonics to a school with phonics for 2nd grade. I had no idea what they were doing! So I can totally identify with your "never been much of a phonics girl."Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.com