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Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

In its Year one report, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EdCom II) highlighted issues on the old and new K-12 curriculum, including its congestion and unclear competency support for ...

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

Meet the Letters taught children to recognize letter characters Now with Meet the Letter Sounds children will learn the different ... introduces children to basic phonics rules such as rcontrolled ...

Phonics — explicit literacy teaching focusing on the sounds in words — is being introduced ... pinpoint where a child is at with their learning process, and that helps them provide targeted ...