Phonics theory takes exactly the opposite ... should be over by the end of second grade. Most of it takes place in first grade, which even in the unglamorous field of elementary education stands ...

Then they learn how letters combine to make new sounds (such as SH), and move on to longer words and new reading skills. This guide is especially for parents and carers to explain how phonics work ...

Pennsylvania legislators are pushing schools to use the science of reading to improve literacy. But some Philly teachers ...

North Star uses i-Ready, a reading diagnostic test from Curriculum Associates administered in the fall to help determine each ...

Letters 2 Literacy, a nonprofit that tutors students in literacy and phonics, was born after seeing students in her classroom ...

As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.

You rarely see friction between Austin ISD administrators and the board of trustees at the district’s biweekly board meetings ...

The science of reading is a phonics-based approach, meaning that it emphasizes the sounds of letters in helping children learn to read ... by the end of third grade is one of the most important ...

Throughout her nearly 30-year career as an elementary school reading specialist, Christie Welsby has struggled to find material that was both decodable (able to be sounded out) and engaging. “The ...

THIS THIRD GRADE CLASS AT CARLETON INNOVATION SCHOOL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PHONICS LESSON. WHAT I’M TRYING ... "(Kindergarten to second grade) are where those Appleseeds grades are hitting ...

The largest school system in the country enters its second year of an ambitious ... in New York City,” Cohen said. Children learn some phonics in most balanced literacy programs.

Ahead of the November general election, the Southern California News Group compiled a list of questions to pose to the ...