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Twelve Compelling Principles from the Research on Effective Phonics Instruction by Fountas and Pinnell
Twelve Compelling Principles from the Research on Effective Phonics Instruction
by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, 2020, Fountas and Pinnell Literacy
The topic is seemingly simple—phonics. Do children need instruction in phonics? Why is there an argument? The answer is “yes.” Even children who “crack the code” early and appear to have noticed letter-sound relationships and figured out how to use them will benefit from systematizing their knowledge and developing effective, efficient ways to use their knowledge not only of letters and sounds, but also of patterns involving larger chunks of words. At the bottom line, the more rapidly and efficiently children can decode words, the more accurate and fluent their reading will be, making it possible to give greater attention to comprehension and deeper thinking.
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