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jimfields33

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3. It's really difficult to be a good student without a foundation in reading

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:37 AM

Mar 2021

I for whatever reason never learned to read correctly and it’s followed me. Oh I can read, but comprehension is abysmal at best. It was something in my foundation that was lacking and you never get it back. I truly feel for these students!

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A year into online school, more of Salem's youngest students are struggling to read [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

Yes, I've seen this firsthand in my school. Distance learning is not a replacement for GPV Mar 2021 #1

Distance learning may be adequate for snow days or localized outbreaks of the flu or some other TexasTowelie Mar 2021 #2

It's really difficult to be a good student without a foundation in reading jimfields33 Mar 2021 #3

Why aren't parents teacing their kids to read? SheltieLover Mar 2021 #4

Some of the children are in foreign language homes where the parents may have weak TexasTowelie Mar 2021 #5

Well, that's true SheltieLover Mar 2021 #6

Not all parents have the foundational skills. Some school dropped phonics GPV Mar 2021 #7

This is why we have summer school tirebiter Mar 2021 #8