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As the results of the Year One Phonics Check are made available, this is how you can help your child if they score below the ...
“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...
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Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with ...
California's dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...
As a former reading specialist, I know that both phonics and memorization, “sight words,” are needed. If there were one system that worked, we’d all be using it. One system alone doesn’t work.
Kids who don’t read by fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school. We know what follows. When the California Assembly passed a bill last week adopting the so-called ...
1. Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though). 2.
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in overtime. Highlights: ...
California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has commenced a Jolly Phonics training for 1,250 early grade ...