03/21/11

Are Americans Up to Speed in Reading? 

Absolutely Not; and It's So Sad! 

More than thirty two million adult Americans

have less than minimum level reading skills!

A long-awaited federal study finds that an estimated 32 million adults in the USA suffer through life with such low literacy skills that it would be tough for them to read anything more challenging than a children’s picture book or the side effects listed on a standard pill bottle.

What's even worse, 1 in 7 adult Americans

cannot read the previous two paragraphs!

Can all of this change?

It certainly can!

It all changed for a little girl named Candy.

That is why this Article on Phonics Instruction for Mom and Dads begins with the TRUE STORY of:
 
Candy, The Little Girl Who Couldn't Read
 
In the beginning
Candy could not sound out words with
short vowels,
long vowels,
consonants,
consonant blends,
consonant digraphs,
vowel digraphs,
diphthongs,  
and
word families.

As a result, Candy couldn't read:
  words or
 sentences or
 connective words inside fun, interesting sentences.
 
   So, answering questions like:  
What? Where? or Who?    
was impossible for Candy.

    In addition, making any inferences in her reading
was just not happening.
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   And then, one day,
Candy could sound out words with
 
 short vowels,
long vowels,
consonants,
consonant blends,
consonant digraphs,
vowel digraphs,
diphthongs,  
and
word families.
 
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She could, also, answer questions like:
 
Who? What? When: Where? How?
 
She could make inferences in her reading
and answer questions like:
 
Why?

However, in order to begin at the beginning,
you'd really need to hear the whole story.
Click here to read Candy's TRUE STORY.

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