(bright music) - Hi, good afternoon, campers. Welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, our Summertime edition. My name's Julia. I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard School. I'm here for Teaching ...

I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard School but here for teaching in Room Nine, my lessons focus on phonemic awareness. All right, friends, let's go ahead and jump right in.

This story about phonemic awareness was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.Sign ...

Phonemic awareness is what Wagoner was doing with her third graders when WSBT 22 visited both classrooms. Both teachers say the most important thing parents should know about helping their ...