🥳 Decoding & Encoding: Both work on the essential skills of blending and segmenting, which are required when learning how to read and spell! 🎆 Comment FIREWORKS to get this set of New Year Word Building Mats! #scienceofreading #phonics #readingteacher #spelling #literacyresources | Farmer Loves Phonics

Explicit decoding and encoding instruction BELONGS in EVERY grade level! Today, we analyzed the word and broke it into meaningful units: re dis cover y —> rediscovery! Explcit morphology instruction is needed to help students decode and encode longer, more complex words! Morphology instruction is not extra, it’s essential… it builds stronger decoding, encoding, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. When students learn how to recognize prefixes, base elements, and suffixes, they gain the tools th

Explicitly teaching students HOW to decode and encode the words we are expecting them to read and spell should NOT end in 2nd grade….or 5th grade…. or 9th grade… or 11th grade. The English language is complex and instruction into its many intricacies should not stop… I’ve been learning for 30 years! Even if older students can read proficiently, that doesn’t mean they can spell proficiently! Instruction must continue! Think about how many confident readers and spellers we could nurture by 12th gr