Step 3: Word-level decoding practice (4 minutes). This is where students get lots of opportunities to work with the target ...

It started as a routine phonics lesson in the 1st grade Bronx classroom I was observing to study how students learn to read.

A whole language approach to teaching reading advocates for teaching phonics and phonemic awareness in the context of real texts—that use the richness of the English language —not artificial, highly ...

The International Literacy Association has put out a new brief endorsing “systematic and explicit” phonics in all early reading instruction. “English is an alphabetic language. We have 26 letters.

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New South Wales, Queensland and South ...