Let 's go through just a few of the traditional concepts that almost all reading experts will agree on. We read from left to right. We should teach the alphabet before we teach reading and spelling. Whatever phonics is necessary to be taught should be taught in the first two grades. After that, phonics need not be taught.
Children learn to read in the first two grades and then read to learn after that time.
Our language has many sound reversals. If you don't believe us, just check your dictionary and look at the wh- words. The first two letters and the last two letters of that sentence are LE . But obviously, they're not. Let's demonstrate that letters to the right of other letters often determine how they are pronounced.