{"id":1323,"date":"2015-01-30T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2015-03-07T07:58:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T15:58:29","slug":"abc-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"ABC orientation is outmoded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rethink and reset conventional priorities. \u00a0Why? \u00a0ABC-based products \u2013 per se \u2013 provide incomplete<\/strong> information.<\/p>\n

\"ScreenShown here,\u00a0Nellie Edge’s program<\/a>\u00a0engages visual modality (ABCs), auditory modality (speech sounds), and kinesthetic modality (signing cues) to create optimal learning. \u00a0Yet, since crucial speech sound-units are missing, 100% mastery of this chart cannot guarantee that the learner actually understands foundational literacy basics or how spoken language becomes text.<\/p>\n

V01\/a\/ alligator<\/p>\n

V02\/i\/ insect<\/p>\n

V03\/o\/ octopus<\/p>\n

V04\/u\/ umbrella<\/p>\n

V05\/e\/ elephant<\/p>\n

V06 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V07 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V08 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V09 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V10 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V11 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V12 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V13 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V14 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V15 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C16\/p\/ piano<\/p>\n

C17\/b\/ bear<\/p>\n

C18\/t\/ turtle<\/p>\n

C19\/d\/ dog<\/p>\n

C20\/ch\/ chicken<\/p>\n

C21\/j\/ jump<\/p>\n

C22\/c\/ cat; C22\/k\/ kangaroo<\/p>\n

C22+C28\/x\/ x-ray (beginning sound V05)<\/p>\n

C22+C36\/qu\/ queen<\/p>\n

C23\/g\/ goat<\/p>\n

C24\/f\/ fox<\/p>\n

C25\/v\/ volcano<\/p>\n

C26\/th\/ thread<\/p>\n

C27 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C28\/s\/ sunshine<\/p>\n

C29\/z\/ zebra<\/p>\n

C30\/sh\/ sheep<\/p>\n

C31 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C32\/h\/ hat<\/p>\n

C32+C36\/wh\/ whale<\/p>\n

C33\/m\/ monkey<\/p>\n

C34\/n\/ nest<\/p>\n

C35 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C36\/w\/ world<\/p>\n

C37\/l\/ lion<\/p>\n

C38\/r\/ rainbow<\/p>\n

C39\/y\/ yo-yo<\/p>\n

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See Microsoft Word ABC Phonics<\/a> and other fonts on display at Pinterest, again missing much necessary SOUND-BASED information:<\/p>\n

V01 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V02 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V03\/o\/ opera<\/p>\n

V04 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V05\/e\/ elephant<\/p>\n

V06\/ai\/ airplane<\/p>\n

V07 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V08 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V09 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C39+V09\/u\/ unicorn<\/p>\n

V10 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V11 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V12 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V13 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V14 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V15 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C16\/p\/ penguin<\/p>\n

C17\/b\/ baby<\/p>\n

C18\/t\/ turtle<\/p>\n

C19\/d\/ dinosaur<\/p>\n

C20 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C21\/j\/ jaguar<\/p>\n

C22\/c\/ car; C22\/k\/ koala<\/p>\n

C22+C36\/qu\/ quintet<\/p>\n

C23\/g\/ gorilla<\/p>\n

C24\/f\/ fountain<\/p>\n

C25\/v\/ viking<\/p>\n

C26 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C27 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C28\/s\/ sun<\/p>\n

C29\/z\/ zoo; C29\/x\/ xylophone<\/p>\n

C30 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C31 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C32\/h\/ hippopotamus<\/p>\n

C33\/m\/ mom<\/p>\n

C34\/n\/ nest<\/p>\n

C35 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

C36\/w\/ water<\/p>\n

C37\/l\/ lion<\/p>\n

C38\/r\/ robot<\/p>\n

C39\/y\/ yo-yo<\/p>\n

We would never buy an alphabet product if letters were missing. \u00a0Why, then, are we willing to ignore all these speech sounds?<\/p>\n

ABC orientation infiltrates all curriculum. \u00a0For instance, ABRACADABRA < abralite.concordia.ca > is an acronym for “a balanced reading approach for all Canadians designed to achieve best results for all”. \u00a0The general phonics program continuum could be modified away from ABCs as follows.<\/p>\n

1st Level \u2013 Phonological sensitivity using words-to-be-read, including\u00a0(a) Speech Sounds\/intense [instead of Letter Sounds<\/strong>\/intense], (b) Blending, (c) Segmenting<\/p>\n

2nd Level \u2013 (a) Sound-spellings [instead of Sounding out<\/strong>\/phoneme level], (b) Word Changing (ex. within\/between)<\/p>\n

3rd Level \u2013 Reading real words in text<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rethink and reset conventional priorities. \u00a0Why? \u00a0ABC-based products \u2013 per se \u2013 provide incomplete information. Shown here,\u00a0Nellie Edge’s program\u00a0engages visual modality (ABCs), auditory modality (speech sounds), and kinesthetic modality (signing cues) to create optimal learning. \u00a0Yet, since crucial speech sound-units are missing, 100% mastery of this chart cannot guarantee that the learner actually understands foundational literacy basics or how spoken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pedagogy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsahead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}