When it comes to the world of literacy, phonics has long been deemed a “political” venture contrived by Republicans. As a result, an increasing number of American education programs now reject it outright — to the detriment of literacy education and K–12 students everywhere.
Through phonics, a method of reading instruction, students learn to decode words by recognizing the sounds of individual letters and letter combinations rather than focusing on memorizing individual words. Phonics provides a system for students to use rules to decode words they haven’t even seen before. This increases reading comprehension and fluency.
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