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Phonics: The Building Blocks of Early Reading
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Why Teach Phonics?
Phonics helps all learners.
Good readers spell better with phonics instruction.
Many children, even good readers, do BETTER with explicit, systematic phonics instruction.
Phonetic knowledge is especially important for beginning readers, poor readers, or “at risk” students.
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