#64 Why Small Group Phonics Instruction is Important

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The last few weeks, we’ve been talking about phonological awareness, and how important it is to drill down to the most basic skill deficit to make real progress in reading for our struggling students.

Welcome to the Reaching Struggling Learners podcast. Today we are going to talk about how to incorporate phonics skills throughout the school day and how to improve your phonics small group time to be the best that it can be!

Phonics small group time tends to be either the best or worst part of many teachers day.

When small group time is run well, the transitions are seamless, and the students really get a lot of important intervention time. When it isn’t run well, the frustration is REAL.

So, what can we do to make sure that phonics small group time is effective and doesn’t make us rip our hair out?

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