Nancy Ichinaga, the principal of an elementary school in the Los Angeles area that uses a phonics-based reading program, told me, "It's like learning a code; we like learning a secret code.

Strengthen Skills, Build Confidence, Enjoy Reading These single-grade programs teach key reading skills, from phonics and sight words for younger children to comprehension, reading speed, and textbook ...

That's why Carter and her team use the Orton-Gillingham approach, a multi-sensory phonics technique for reading instruction ... 2 Literacy after another program wasn’t working for him.

By including comprehension as a pillar alongside phonics, the framework gives the impression that those two components of reading should be approached the same way: by having students practice ...

On one side are the proponents of the "science of reading" movement, a phonics- and cognitive-based ... lecturer and founding director of the Program in Teaching at Williams College, and Catherine ...