The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

Phonics is a cornerstone skill, both in the context of the Science of Reading as well as across curricula. If students do not have the basic ability to read words on a page, any other instruction a ...

Manuel shouted, eyes sparkling as he pointed to the smartboard. "La ‘c' está pretendiendo ser una ‘s'!" ("The ‘c' is pretending to be an ‘s'!") A few days earlier, our kindergarten class had learned ...

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