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Research-Based Instruction in Reading

Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference
October 2002

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Some Cautions About Phonemic Awareness Instruction

• Phonemic awareness instruction is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It should be oriented toward helping children gain insight about the relationship between spoken sounds and letters.
• Phonemic awareness should not be the entire reading program.