Mary discusses a brief that has been put out by the International Literacy Association that shares information about how phonics instruction must be systematic and explicit as part of an overall efficient, effective, and timely reading curriculum. Resource Links:Education Week July 18, 2019 Influential Reading Group Makes it Clear: Students Need Systematic, Explicit PhonicsBrief from ILA Meeting the Challenges of Early Phonics InstructionHard Words Why Aren't Kids Being Taught to Read (APM report by Emily Hanford)our Episode about reading terms: Phoneme and Graphemeour Episode about Phonological and Phonemic AwarenessCOME JOIN THE CONVERSATION!Our WebsiteFacebookInstagramShannon's TpT StoreSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge)