The National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI) is the world's foremost Direct Instruction (DI) support provider. This website provides information and resources for administrators, teachers and parents to help them maximize student achievement through DI. Parents looking for direct instruction materials and programs should look into the Hooked on Phonics series and other related products. Critics argue that direct instruction is nothing but canned teaching with little room for the personalization of lesson plans. A Week of Phonics Instruction Plus a Freebie! October 3, 2017 In my new role as a K-2 literacy teacher, I spend a lot of my time working on direct phonics instruction to help my first and second grade students decode words they are encountering in their texts. Phonics instruction. DI reading programs include an emphasis on explicit and systematic phonics instruction. Explicit instruction means that clear information is provided for teachers to show students how to perform a task, to have students practice this task with feedback, and then to have students practice the task on their own over time. Literacy and Phonics Midterm. STUDY. PLAY. Analog. A strategy of comparing patterns in words to ones already known. Automaticity. A program that provides direct instruction of the necessary compendium of skills, building on a developmental sequence. The home of Direct Phonics and PAT (Phonological Awareness Training) Here at DP Publishing Ltd, we have been publishing Direct Phonics for many years and have had thousands of schools within the UK and abroad purchase these books. Best Practices in Phonics and Word Study Instruction for K-2 Posted on February 17, 2018 by Alison • 49 Comments Phonics instruction (or word study, or word work) is an important component of literacy instruction. Another popular direct instruction approach is the Success for All program, which uses scripted teaching to instruct elementary children in phonics intensive re