Phonics instructional model for reading and spelling

Overview

This phonics instructional model for reading and spelling outlines the attributes of instruction, a lesson and review model, a sample phonics lesson and examples of skill application tasks.

Who is this document for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders. 

What will you learn?

How to structure a phonics lesson following the principles of explicit direct instruction, and following a systematic synthetic phonics approach.  

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