By providing strategies that combine letter sounds with motions, teachers help students learn to decode words in the ways that work best for them.

The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the ...

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PURPLE WIZARD: That’s the letter ‘N’, it makes the ‘n’ sound. N… n, nose! ORANGE WIZARD: Oh! N… n, nails. ORANGE WIZARD: Now we know lots more letters. PURPLE WIZARD: And the sounds they make. ORANGE ...

As students head back to school across New York State, classrooms are also going back to basics. Following a 2024 decision from the Board of Regents, later written into the state budget, districts are ...