Phonics-based reading instruction

Definition

Phonics-based reading instruction refers to a teaching method that emphasizes the relationship between letters or letter combinations and their corresponding sounds in order to help students decode words.

Related terms

Decoding: Decoding is the process of using knowledge about letter-sound relationships to read unfamiliar words.

Sight Words: Sight words are commonly used words that students learn to recognize instantly without having to decode them.

Synthetic Phonics: Synthetic phonics is an approach where children are taught individual letter sounds and then how to blend them together to form words.