The predictable relationship between letters and sounds.
The predictable relationship between letters and sounds.
Children typically begin building phonics skills in kindergarten and first grade. Phonics skills for advanced word analysis continue to develop beyond first grade.
A child uses their understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds by blending sounds together to decode and read words in print.
Phonics is a skill to decode. Phonics instruction is critical to reading on level. Most words in the English language can be read or decoded using the rules of phonics (predictable letter and sound patterns). Phonics instruction begins with basic letter sound relationships and progress through advanced word analysis. Research supports systematic and explicit phonics instruction is essential for teaching children to read on level (NRP, 2000).
i-Ready Kindergarten to 1st grade: Based on percentage of students scoring on level for phonics.