The Path to Automaticity

Phonemic Awareness--->Alphabetic Coding--->Word Identification--->Meaning--->Fluency

• Represents a continuum where
• Phonics is at one end
• Whole-language is near the opposite end
• Represents where instruction should start
• Represents how acquisition progresses
• Fun with Flavell
• Supported by rigorous research
• Supported by work in other fields