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Three unique methods – VC, ABC, Whole Word – are immediately recognizable.
I promote only VC Logic.
VC Logic:
Foundational literacy's soundest venture
ABC Logic:
Conventional, mandated phonics protocol
Shape Logic:
Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Vowels and Consonants as sounds-to-be-spelled – {.Sound+Spellings.}
ABC Logic: Letters-to-be-sounded;
phonics letter-sounds
Shape Logic: "See-Say" enough times
to learn shapes of words
VC Logic: LISTEN!! Then look
ABC Logic: LOOK!! Then listen
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Phonemes predominate
ABC Logic: Graphemes predominate
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: "Spell them out!" to identify sound-units
ABC Logic: "Sound them out!" to identify letter-units
Shape Logic: Whole word sight memory
VC Logic: Vowels and Consonants
are numbered V01–C39 on a MAP
ABC Logic: Letter names identify sounds;
Short-A, B-Sound, Hard-C, etc.
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Encode
ABC Logic: Decode
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Spellable SOUND sequences
(valid attributions for regional variances)
ABC Logic: Pronounceable LETTER sequences
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: "Sound-Spelling" relationships
ABC Logic: "Letter-Sound" relationships
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Pronunciations evoke spellings
ABC Logic: Spellings evoke pronunciations
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Practice makes permanent –
learn explicit {.Sound+Spellings.}
ABC Logic: Fluency with ABC-Phonics rules,
then memorizing tricky words by sight
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Speech sounds.
Heard, said, spelled, read... ahead of time.
ABC Logic: Letter-sounds.
Skipping. Guessing.
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
Choice is always yours.
Realize your PERSONAL power to choose the way you think.
My former 3rd Graders eagerly embraced personal responsibility; empowerment is motivational.
They also learned that choices have consequences.
Needed infrastructure for VC Logic has not yet manifested,
but you can make your decision now.
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, DON'T GO ALONG.
Leaders of Learning will consider evidence,
use personal truth as a defense,
perceive the dichotomy,
and achieve the fix.
In my own career, at first I used whole word sight memory – flashcards and no other explanation. Then I used phonics but found the rich literature of Whole Language curriculum to be far more engaging than contrived fat-cat-sat stories. My calling outside of employment has been to scrutinize and discover the wrongheadedness of allowing the visual modality to dominate.
Spoken language requires HEARING blended speech sounds.
Written language requires SEEING blended letters.
HEARING and SEEING always dance together.
Yet parents, tutors and teachers can insist that "hearing" always takes the lead.
=== REVIEW ===
VC Logic is intrinsically sensible, yet remains an unproven outlier. VC Logic organizes thinking around speech sounds, mapped V01 through C39; no letter-based attributions. Learners spell-out what is spoken:
Heard–Said–Spelled–Read (HSSR)
ABC Logic requires learners to sound-out what is on the page: Seen–Read–Said. ABC Logic is always organized around alphabet letters and "letter-sounds." Phonics teaches letter rules with letter-based jargon. ABC Logic is the focus of today's scientific researchers.
Whole Word memory simply sees-says enough times to memorize.
Truth is not our enemy. Every parent, tutor and teacher will make choices and create consequences. Most learners move forward in spite of error. (Machines need a reliable algorithm.) The day is coming when systemic errors will be exposed and fixed, but that shift must begin in the minds of Learning Leaders for the benefit of our children's children's children, etc.
Notions of rightness and wrongness do set up intrinsic disputes. Within one's home or classroom, sovereignty may be asserted, of course. Larger venues create advocates and adversaries. Each dispute may become a manageable dynamic within our free relationships and societies. We may disagree, yet continue to give voice and vote.
Freedom is precious.
Three unique methods – VC, ABC, Whole Word – are immediately recognizable.
I promote only VC Logic.
VC Logic:
Foundational literacy's soundest venture
ABC Logic:
Conventional, mandated phonics protocol
Shape Logic:
Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Vowels and Consonants as sounds-to-be-spelled – {.Sound+Spellings.}
ABC Logic: Letters-to-be-sounded;
phonics letter-sounds
Shape Logic: "See-Say" enough times
to learn shapes of words
VC Logic: LISTEN!! Then look
ABC Logic: LOOK!! Then listen
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Phonemes predominate
ABC Logic: Graphemes predominate
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: "Spell them out!" to identify sound-units
ABC Logic: "Sound them out!" to identify letter-units
Shape Logic: Whole word sight memory
VC Logic: Vowels and Consonants
are numbered V01–C39 on a MAP
ABC Logic: Letter names identify sounds;
Short-A, B-Sound, Hard-C, etc.
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Encode
ABC Logic: Decode
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Spellable SOUND sequences
(valid attributions for regional variances)
ABC Logic: Pronounceable LETTER sequences
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: "Sound-Spelling" relationships
ABC Logic: "Letter-Sound" relationships
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Pronunciations evoke spellings
ABC Logic: Spellings evoke pronunciations
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Practice makes permanent –
learn explicit {.Sound+Spellings.}
ABC Logic: Fluency with ABC-Phonics rules,
then memorizing tricky words by sight
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
VC Logic: Speech sounds.
Heard, said, spelled, read... ahead of time.
ABC Logic: Letter-sounds.
Skipping. Guessing.
Shape Logic: Whole word – sight memory
Choice is always yours.
Realize your PERSONAL power to choose the way you think.
My former 3rd Graders eagerly embraced personal responsibility; empowerment is motivational.
They also learned that choices have consequences.
Needed infrastructure for VC Logic has not yet manifested,
but you can make your decision now.
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, DON'T GO ALONG.
Leaders of Learning will consider evidence,
use personal truth as a defense,
perceive the dichotomy,
and achieve the fix.
In my own career, at first I used whole word sight memory – flashcards and no other explanation. Then I used phonics but found the rich literature of Whole Language curriculum to be far more engaging than contrived fat-cat-sat stories. My calling outside of employment has been to scrutinize and discover the wrongheadedness of allowing the visual modality to dominate.
Spoken language requires HEARING blended speech sounds.
Written language requires SEEING blended letters.
HEARING and SEEING always dance together.
Yet parents, tutors and teachers can insist that "hearing" always takes the lead.
=== REVIEW ===
VC Logic is intrinsically sensible, yet remains an unproven outlier. VC Logic organizes thinking around speech sounds, mapped V01 through C39; no letter-based attributions. Learners spell-out what is spoken:
Heard–Said–Spelled–Read (HSSR)
ABC Logic requires learners to sound-out what is on the page: Seen–Read–Said. ABC Logic is always organized around alphabet letters and "letter-sounds." Phonics teaches letter rules with letter-based jargon. ABC Logic is the focus of today's scientific researchers.
Whole Word memory simply sees-says enough times to memorize.
Truth is not our enemy. Every parent, tutor and teacher will make choices and create consequences. Most learners move forward in spite of error. (Machines need a reliable algorithm.) The day is coming when systemic errors will be exposed and fixed, but that shift must begin in the minds of Learning Leaders for the benefit of our children's children's children, etc.
Notions of rightness and wrongness do set up intrinsic disputes. Within one's home or classroom, sovereignty may be asserted, of course. Larger venues create advocates and adversaries. Each dispute may become a manageable dynamic within our free relationships and societies. We may disagree, yet continue to give voice and vote.
Freedom is precious.