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To: caver

Dick, Jane and Sally was the best Reader ever devised. But they were White, so they had to go.

19 posted on 03/31/2010 6:15:47 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)

To: massgopguy

I still have my 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade readers with Dick and Jane and Sally

24 posted on 03/31/2010 6:32:14 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)

To: massgopguy

Dick and Jane was a sight reading method, not phonics.

McGuffy Readers were phonics based.

27 posted on 03/31/2010 7:03:21 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if people follow. Otherwise, you just wandered off.)

To: massgopguy

“Dick, Jane and Sally was the best Reader ever devised.”

If I recall correctly, the Dick and Jane books were actually part of a “look-say” whole language reading curriculum.

31 posted on 03/31/2010 7:50:38 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)

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