I learned sentence diagramming in 7th grade, from a teacher who was ancient. That would have been 40 years ago(eek!), and I think she was pushing 70 at the time. I'm serious, she went to the same church that we did, so I knew her family. So she probably learned sentence diagramming herself about 100 years ago. I find that fascinating to think about. In her life, she saw planes be invented and man land on the moon....
Back to phonics, I've always been fascinated by how people learn to read. I remember reading, but don't remember
learning to read. Mom must have taught me phonics, because I remember on occasion I would be stumped and she would have me sound it out.
GS9 kind of learned phonics a bit, then jumped right into reading. We've had to go back to review phonics a bit this year to help his spelling. I found this website,
history of reading instruction, it's pretty interesting.
