![[Listen Again] What Research Says About Phonemic Awareness Instruction with Matt Burns](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8icwia70ccvhj6lj3qfoeed1iqyn?.jpg)
This episode revisits a conversation with Matt Burns about phonemic awareness and its role in reading instruction.
We’re revisiting this episode with Matt Burns because it offers one of the clearest explanations of phonemic awareness and how it fits into reading instruction. In this conversation, Matt helps unpack what the research actually says and what that means for what we prioritize in the classroom. He explains why phonemic awareness is not a standalone precursor to reading, but develops alongside it, and why decoding should take center stage as students move into the upper elementary grades. If you...
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