Anna Scretching-Cole teaches about the diagraphs th and wh. Anna Scretching-Cole teaches about the diagraphs th and wh by writing and spelling words. Digraphs are two letters that represent one sound.

Another digraph badge! Dusty and the Alphabotteers learn and earn “The SH Digraph Badge.” With Dott and AB’s help, the group explores the sh digraph - how it is written, the sound it represents, words ...

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Ever heard of a digraph? It’s “two letters that come together to make one sound,” Troup kindergartener Jose told his classmates. That was just one of the many takeaways from Gyna Grant’s kindergarten ...

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 ...

Want to know if it’s time for phonics in Belinda Williams’s kindergarten classroom? Stand in the hall and listen. “I love phonics because it’s something that’s so easy to make fun,” Williams said. “We ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from state and federal funding bodies for projects investigating curriculum, teacher standards and the teaching of English ...

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 ...

Teaching a child to read is all about "decoding," a fundamental skill in which readers sound out unfamiliar words. While it may seem like a fancy educational term – and some parents will hear it a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Grant’s Wednesday kindergarten class sounds out vowels. Credit: Maya McFadden Photo Ever heard of ...