For those learning English, that roadmap may look very different. In recent years, there have been calls across the country to focus more on phonics — learning how to sound out syllables in words — ...

For older children who struggle with sounds, try clapping or tapping out the syllables ... If your child can say the sound on its own, then try doing some sound play with words beginning with ...

Wednesday’s lesson in digraphs continued as students picked up white boards to spell out the letters of each sound Grant said aloud. As students moved on to the independent period of their reading ...