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S8 E8: The plea to preserve deep reading, with Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D.

Science of Reading: The Podcast

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The Importance of Foundational Skills

In this chapter, they discuss the importance of foundational skills in reading. They emphasize that foundational skills go beyond just decoding and fluency, and include understanding meaning, grammar, morphology, orthographic letter patterns, alphabetic knowledge, and phonics. They explain that using a systematic, structured phonics program can greatly improve reading skills, but it is also important to implement multi-componential interventions that address all aspects of the reading brain.

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