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Everything we’ve written about teaching reading, inspired by the questions that keep coming up in classrooms, in coaching conversations, and in our inbox.
PhonicsLook closely at what happens between one word and the next. Explore how word chains bring phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, and meaning…
PhonicsFour ways to help your phonics curriculum do more by using a single word to connect reading, spelling, meaning, and language within…
BlogExplicit, systematic phonics instruction matters. Explore how to connect it with spelling, vocabulary, and language so students can use what they learn…
PhonicsTake a closer look at CVC words, why they matter for beginning readers, and practical ways to connect early decoding and spelling…
PhonicsUntangle phonemic awareness and phonics: what each involves, how they connect, and what those distinctions mean for the instruction you provide beginning…
PhonicsSimplify phonics lesson planning with a flexible template that brings the components of explicit instruction together and helps you plan purposeful practice.
PhonicsUse spelling comparisons to help students notice differences between words and deepen their attention to the phonics patterns they are learning.
PhonicsExplore how word chains can extend explicit skills practice by asking students to notice, change, read, and spell words one step at…
PhonicsBring the phonics lesson into connected text, giving students opportunities to apply the patterns they’ve practiced as they read for meaning.
PhonicsConnect phonics instruction with writing, helping students apply what they know about sounds and spellings as part of a flexible lesson routine.
PhonicsHelp students put sound-spelling knowledge to work through blending practice, connecting individual sounds to the words they read in a flexible phonics…
PhonicsPlan explicit practice with the phonics pattern students are learning, using a focused component of the flexible phonics lesson template.
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