Classical Charter School 101 - Squarespace：经典的特许学校101 Squarespace.pptx

By Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. Overview of Presentation 1. Announcements 2. Consumer ’ s Guide to Reading ? Is reading achievement a problem? ? What is the debate in reading education? ? What does research say? 3. Our Reading Program ? What reading program did we select? ? How will we train teachers? 4. Answer audience questions. By Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. Consumer ’ s Guide to Reading By Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. Is reading achievement a problem? The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported in 2009 that 67% of fourth grade students and 68% of eighth grade students are not reading proficiently. Only 21% of eighth graders read for fun daily. That ’ s means most students don ’ t read well. Reading performance is a serious issue, more serious than math, since all subjects require reading. / By Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. Why is reading performance a problem? It has to do with the “ reading wars ” which go back 100 years, and are well-documented. By Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. Why is reading performance a problem? Educators have swung back-and-forth on a pendulum between phonics and “ whole language ”, which has also gone by other names. These terms mean “ whole language ” or are implemented as such in practice. 1930 ’ s “ whole-word ” or “ look say ”(example: Dick and Jane readers) 1980 ’ s “ whole language ” 2000 ’ s “ balanced literacy ” By Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. What are these approaches? “ Phonics ” approaches systematically and explicitly teach students how language works, building from individual sounds into entire words. Literature is also taught. “ Whole language ” focuses heavily on learning entire words by sight in early instruction, and also on interesting literature, the theory being that students will “ naturally ” learn to read because they are more motivated. Phonics may also be taught i