Diphthongs—those gliding vowel sounds—can be tricky for early readers, but with the right strategies, they become a fun and essential phonics skill. Teachers are using structured, research-based ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

Second grade phonics is most effective when structured lessons are paired with engaging, hands-on activities. At this stage, children develop skills like decoding longer words, recognizing vowel teams ...

Phonics is a cornerstone skill, both in the context of the Science of Reading as well as across curricula. If students do not have the basic ability to read words on a page, any other instruction a ...