My husband had his citizenship interview about 6 weeks ago and he was approved. They allowed you to take the oath immediately after downstairs. The officer who conducted the citizenship interview mentioned multiple times to go LEFT down the stairs. ICE was to the right. He knew what they were doing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My husband had his citizenship interview about 6 weeks ago and he was approved. They allowed you to take the oath immediately after downstairs. The officer who conducted the citizenship interview mentioned multiple times to go LEFT down the stairs. ICE was to the right. He knew what they were doing.
I can't tell you how many arguments I got into with the director that if a student didn't know the word (i.e. it was outside their lexicon or they were a non native speaker), they wouldn't be able to effectively decode a word. ELL students needs were always put last unfortunately.
November 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
I can't tell you how many arguments I got into with the director that if a student didn't know the word (i.e. it was outside their lexicon or they were a non native speaker), they wouldn't be able to effectively decode a word. ELL students needs were always put last unfortunately.
It led to an app that attempted to teach every vowel pattern (e.g., the infamous "ough") and its sound correspondence from PK-5. The over reliance on phonics really became apparent in the upper grades, at the expense of things like comprehension and vocabulary.
November 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
It led to an app that attempted to teach every vowel pattern (e.g., the infamous "ough") and its sound correspondence from PK-5. The over reliance on phonics really became apparent in the upper grades, at the expense of things like comprehension and vocabulary.
It's definitely frustrating when the idea, often times pushed by the publishing industry, is that it's all of nothing.
I've developed reading content for a reading app in my past and the director was very focused on phonics, almost to the detriment of other aspects of literacy.
I've developed reading content for a reading app in my past and the director was very focused on phonics, almost to the detriment of other aspects of literacy.
November 21, 2024 at 3:56 PM
It's definitely frustrating when the idea, often times pushed by the publishing industry, is that it's all of nothing.
I've developed reading content for a reading app in my past and the director was very focused on phonics, almost to the detriment of other aspects of literacy.
I've developed reading content for a reading app in my past and the director was very focused on phonics, almost to the detriment of other aspects of literacy.
Ahhh, I see where you're coming from. I'm a strong proponent of early phonics and decoding instruction. It is a critical, but not all-encompassing component to literacy. But, the narrative surrounding SoR has definitely been interpreted as "phonics every day, all the time". Not helpful.
November 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Ahhh, I see where you're coming from. I'm a strong proponent of early phonics and decoding instruction. It is a critical, but not all-encompassing component to literacy. But, the narrative surrounding SoR has definitely been interpreted as "phonics every day, all the time". Not helpful.
Curious about your take on this. Are you saying SoR, as in what the publishing industry has commoditized it as, is a scam? Or the body of literature supporting it?
November 20, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Curious about your take on this. Are you saying SoR, as in what the publishing industry has commoditized it as, is a scam? Or the body of literature supporting it?