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I have a student I'm working with in the 4th grade who continues to struggle with phonological awareness (PA skills). It really impacts his ability to fluently sound out unfamiliar words when reading, and his spelling is not great.⁠ ⁠ When I started
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If something feels like it's missing in your literacy instruction, it's usually not about the skills you're teaching. You're doing all the things! You're hitting all the standards and the core components.⁠ ⁠ But sometimes it feels like something isn'

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