Responding to a message by Sheila, to Charles on ...
SK>The private school my children attended a couple of years ago (my son
SK>for grades K-3 and my daughter for Pre-K and K) used a very traditional
SK>regimented, yet cohesive and well-tested, curriculum for teaching
SK>reading. It was called the "Carden Method", and every child in their
SK>school (they claimed) would learn to read. They did limit class sizes to
SK>25, and teachers taught in reading groups of 8 students. Every child got
SK>individual attention from the teacher each day for reading instruction
SK>that was heavily phonics based.
SK>
SK>To deal with a number of the "exceptions" to phonics that we have in the
SK>English language, the school taught French, beginning in Pre-K,
SK>believing that by the time children started encountering many of the
SK>exception words in 2nd grade or beyond, they would be able to point to
SK>the French words to explain a lot of the exceptions.
Sounds like a good approach.  I've not heard of the process before and 
would be interesting in finding out if the process would hold up if used 
on a larger scale.
Chuck Beams
Fidonet - 1:2608/70
cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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