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Hidden Reading Struggle
- Molly Woodworth hid her reading difficulty by guessing words from first letters and context.
- She managed honors classes but failed to finish the ACT due to slow decoding skills.
Parent Spotting Faulty Teaching
- Molly discovered her daughter Claire was being taught the same guessing strategies she used to survive reading.
- She was stunned to see teachers instruct kids to look at pictures and first letters to guess words.
Three-Cueing Theory Origin
- Ken Goodman proposed readers use meaning, syntax, and visual cues to guess words rather than decode letters.
- This 'three-cueing' idea became the theoretical base for whole language instruction.