{"id":572974,"date":"2021-06-08T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?post_type=article&p=572974"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:51:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:51:51","slug":"how-covid-reshaped-the-reading-wars-in-texas-educators-say-more-structured-science-of-reading-approach-worked-best-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/how-covid-reshaped-the-reading-wars-in-texas-educators-say-more-structured-science-of-reading-approach-worked-best-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"How COVID Reshaped the Reading Wars in Texas: Educators Say More Structured \u2018Science of Reading\u2019 Approach Worked Best During Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cT<\/span>igers, today we\u2019re going to keep unpacking the alphabetic code,\u201d said first grade San Antonio teacher Victor De La Cerda, teaching a reading lesson to a lively group of six year olds\u2014some in person, others in Zoom boxes.<\/p>\n \u201cWatch my mouth,\u201d De La Cerda says as he makes a long \u201cu\u201d sound.<\/p>\n Intermittent with group drum rolls created by childrens\u2019 fingers rapidly tapping tables, the class identifies words with a long \u201cu,\u201d which can be spelled four different ways. Today they will focus on the spelling \u201cu_e\u201d as in \u201ccute.\u201d<\/p>\n If they don\u2019t master it this time\u2014 for one of the million reasons a kid learning during the pandemic might miss a concept\u2014it\u2019s okay. The class will revisit the skill soon, as part of a future lesson.<\/p>\n This structured approach is one of many reasons De La Cerda was already sold on the \u201cscience of reading,\u201d which he learned in graduate school.<\/p>\n<\/a>