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Science of Reading

Phonological Awareness

  • Ability to focus on and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words
  • Phonemes are the smallest unit of speech

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Phonics

"Phonics is the study of the systematic relationship between the sounds we hear in words and the letters that spell them, or to say it more technically, the systematic relationships between phonemes and graphemes. Phonics teaches the alphabetic principle, which is the relationships between letters, and spoken language sounds."

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Fluency

"Fluency is the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression."

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