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Reading skills provide the foundation for academic success. From the beginning of school, students should be taught different ways of using language to help them learn and communicate about academic content. This brief discusses two areas of literacy development that students must learn so that they can do well in school: foundational reading skills and academic language.
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Reading instruction on understanding how letters and groups of letters link to sounds to form letter-sound relationships and spelling patterns.
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What is Phonics? Why is it important? How should it be taught? Learn the answer to these and other questions about Phonics.
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This guide describes how to teach academic content and literacy to English learners in elementary and middle school.
Topic: English Learners
The Foundational Skills Mini-Course dives into the content of literacy foundational skills, with an emphasis on phonological awareness, phonics, and how these connect to early reading. Instructional guidelines and concrete recommendations for teacher practice are also explored.
Topic: Phonological Awareness, Phonics
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Browse TermsThe research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2019 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org
