Situation 3
Mrs. Cantelli had requested a conference with her daughter’s teacher; Mrs. Carter; to discuss the reading curriculum. “I know that it doesn’t hurt to expose children to reading and writing, ” she said, “but I don’t think you should be teaching phonics to preschoolers. Do you really think these children are ready to learn phonics?” MS. Carter didn’t know how to respond. She felt that Mrs. Cantelli was right, but the director of the school had made it quite clear that
everyone had to teach phonics.