The full report is available from Learning Pyramid , the publisher of Stories Based on Phonics . We hope the information is helpful to you in working with your child. Our comments regarding whole language versus phonics are, naturally, our opinion.
Many teachers do an excellent job of using literature and phonics in teaching reading.
These excerpts cover the following topics. Teachers using the phonics method of reading use basal readers which gradually introduce skills and vocabulary. Phonic rules are taught so the student has a formula to sound out unfamiliar words. The whole language method of teaching reading is to expose children to meaningful stories in learning to read. Many whole language teachers do not teach decoding skills for sounding out unfamiliar words.