My daughter scored OK for her phonics but has a much higher reading level.
She reads beautifully with good understanding and expression.
Her dad has a photographic memory and our daughter also has a fantastic memory but she can't spell.
She seems to learn words, she sees an unfamiliar word, guesses what it is - or struggles and works it out, or we tell her. She then knows it.
We try to get her decoding the words but it is a struggle. She is a very enthusiastic reader and reads everything.
I struggle with phonics - I read words not letters. I struggle to work out the sounds when they are not in words. I took a long time to learn how to spell also.
So is phonics that important for my daughter?
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Is phonics that important? / Is a lower phonics score teamed with a high reading level worrying?
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whyisthishappening · 19/07/2014 17:54
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