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A few years ago, I met a first-grade English learner in a bilingual program ... These practices include a strong emphasis on foundational literacy skills, typically known as phonics and decoding, and an emphasis on developing language, comprehension ...

I worked with his first grade teacher to mitigate these ... such as blending the letter sounds in words to support “decoding” while reading. Another balanced literacy strategy that teachers can apply in phonics-based strategies while reading aloud ...