Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading above grade level.
The instructional coach revamped how young kids pull apart and put together letter sounds to form words. Her program is now being piloted in six Maine school districts.
What remained was the altered vowel – now marked with an umlaut – distinguishing the plural from the singular: Mutter (mother) and Mütter (mothers). In the early stages of written German, scribes used ...