Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walk into an early elementary classroom these days and you'll likely see strong phonics instruction in action: students tapping ...

Make learning CCVC words fun and hands-on with this engaging CCVC Words Phonics Fan! This resource is designed to help early readers practise blending sounds, reading CCVC words, and developing ...

Reading experts say decoding involves a series of smaller skills, such as taking apart the sounds in words, known as "segmenting," and then blending them together. It also uses knowledge of letter and ...

According to the recent Reading First final impact study, children participating in the program did better than their peers in comparison schools on a test of decoding in grade 1, but did no better on ...

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

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 ...

Sibley Elementary School's first-grade students are working on decoding words by using their phonics knowledge to identify ...

Make early phonics practice active and engaging with this Build-a-Word resource for Kindergarten and First Grade learners. Students use picture clues, match onset and rime puzzle pieces, cut and paste ...

Teaching reading has always been a subject of debate, a debate that involves a balancing act of multiple factors. Currently, the “reading wars” are best embodied by debates that are centered on the ...

Peek inside a kindergarten, first-grade, or second-grade classroom at Midland Public Schools any day of the week, and you’re guaranteed to see adorable kiddos and a flurry of activity. What you’re ...

As fall screening places older students into tiered reading support, Saddleback Educational Publishing answers the questions intervention teachers raise about small-group phonics, copies, starting ...

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 ...