Shannon and Mary discuss a professional article, "Why Phonics Teaching Must Change" published in Educational Leadership, September, 2008 by Jeannine Herron. They talk about a different approach to teaching students to read. What if we focus more on encoding rather than starting with decoding?

Resource Links:

1. Article: Why Phonics Instruction Must Change
2. Encoding, Decoding, and Understanding the Print Language
3. Teaching Encoding and Decoding
4. Equipped for Reading Success by David Kilpatrick
5. Review of Left and Right Brain - Healthline
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