BusinessMirror

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: Here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write

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 ...
eSchool News

A recipe for using explicit phonics instruction in reading lessons

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...
WGLT

Unit 5 adopts new reading curriculum that has classrooms hooked on phonics

The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.
BBC

Sounds and patterns

Decoding means to break down new words into sounds that are easier to recognise. The s, a, t, p sounds Help the wizards to make words and captions with s, a, t and p in this fun Stage 1 Phonics guide ...
The Guardian

Reading lessons: why synthetic phonics doesn't work

Current government policy concerning reading favours synthetic phonics (SP), where children learn to recognise letters with their associated sounds – and how to blend those sounds to "read" the "words ...
The Conversation

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust for his centre The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy, he also receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In recent years he has received ...