"Research literature provides solid evidence that phonics instruction produces significant benefits for children from kindergarten through 6th grade and for children having difficulties learning to read. The greatest improvements in reading were seen from direct, systematic phonics instruction. This type of phonics instruction consists of teaching a planned sequence of phonics elements, rather than waiting for them to appear in a text. Here again, the evidence was so strong that the national panel concluded that systematic phonics instruction is appropriate for routine classroom instruction."
From National Reading Panel Reports Combination of Teaching Phonics, Word Sounds, Giving Feedback on Oral Reading Most Effective Way to Teach Reading

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