The Phonics Guide
Phonics is the understanding that there is a predictable relationship between the
letters of written language and the individual
sounds of spoken language.
Phonics instruction teaches children to use these relationships to read and write words.
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Phonics instruction produces the greatest impact on children's reading achievement when it begins in kindergarten or first grade. Both kindergarten and first-grade children who receive systematic phonics instruction are better at reading and spelling words than kindergarten and first-grade children who do not receive systematic instruction.
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Effective phonics programs offer instructions that helps systematically instruct kids in how to relate letters and sounds, how to break spoken words into sounds, and how to blend sounds to form words
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In today's schools, too many children struggle with learning to read. As many teachers and parents will attest, reading failure has exacted a tremendous long-term consequence for children's developing self-confidence and motivation to learn, as well as for their later school performance.
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Phonics instruction helps children learn the relationships between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language. It leads to an understanding of the alphabetic principle--the systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds.
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