Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Over the past few years, we’ve worked with many teachers who have wanted to transition from traditional word walls to sound walls, recognizing the benefits of emphasizing the connection between speech and print. By understanding the speech-to-print connection,...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds—phonemes—in spoken words. This foundational skill is crucial for reading development because it directly supports the understanding and use of the alphabetic principle, where letters...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Science of Reading
The journey to becoming a proficient reader and writer begins with a solid foundation in understanding words and their structures. Traditionally, high-frequency and irregular words have been taught through memorization, a method that often falls short of promoting...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.” – Zig Ziglar When it comes to literacy instruction, the concept of repetition has stood the test of time as an essential and powerful...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
For many students, decoding multisyllabic words (particularly those with complex letter patterns) can be tough at first. We want to help you provide your students with as many tools as you can for them to become successful at reading. In this post, we’re talking...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
A mounting body of research indicates that most children need explicit instruction regarding the relationship between sounds and letters. But, explicit and systematic instruction isn’t enough — we also need to make sure students are getting enough practice...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Science of Reading
Chances are your school or district has moved to (or is in the process of moving towards) evidence-based reading instruction — also known nowadays as the science of reading. And as more states begin to adopt the science of reading and even write it into state...
For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction
What comes to mind when you hear the term fluency? Is it fast, timed reading? The number of words a student can read in a one minute? While speed and accuracy are two factors to include when assessing fluency, fluency also includes expression, smoothness, pace and...
For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction
There’s still time to check off any remaining gifts on your list, especially gifts that support the science of teaching reading! Whether you’re shopping for other educators, treating yourself or your class to a gift, or even making suggestions to parents, we’ve...
For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction
Let’s talk about a recent debate in the science of reading world around phonological and phonemic awareness instruction. Something that’s really important to us here at The Literacy Architects is making sure our PD and curricular recommendations are tied to...
