Denise Amos says that California districts encourage students to memorize words, and believes they should instead be using phonics ... and our fruit growing. Letters: Coverage of ‘No Kings ...

To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so as soon as children learn letters and sounds ... in levels of competence among adults. Phonics has little or nothing to do with it.

To the editor: “English is a phonetic language,” states a letter writer who taught reading ... spelling patterns and other things besides phonics. Reading is about meaning, and no amount ...

Regarding Mona Charon’s Jan. 25 commentary, “Why Johnny might finally learn to read”: Before you get too excited about a full phonics approach to reading instruction, remember that you can ...

Kindergarten students Gabby Kim, left, and Ellie Such answer questions on a literacy lesson at Mark Twain Elementary School in Long Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...

"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how ... spelling, education, phonics, word pairs Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have ...

As the Feb. 24 article states, Louisiana is using the "science of reading" emphasizing phonics and teaching students to "decipher words letter by letter and sound by sound." The results ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...