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What Is Being Taught in a Balanced Literacy Classroom?
Most schools teach what's broadly known as balanced literacy. Kids don't have to sound out the words, they don't need to rely on phonics skills. You can also teach kids to do things like look at the first letter and think of a word that makes sense. And you can sort of figure out what's going on in a book by looking at some of the letters.