MCAS BEAUFORT, S.C. — First-grade teachers at Elliott Elementary School in the DoWEA Southeast District are building strong foundations in early literacy by prioritizing daily phonics and phonological awareness instruction — essential skills that support lifelong reading success and informed citizenship.
Through intentional, structured literacy practices, students engage in foundational skills such as phoneme isolation, blending, substitution and categorization. These daily routines help students develop a deep understanding of how sounds work within words, strengthening their ability to decode and read with confidence.
In Elliott Elementary’s first-grade classrooms, phonics instruction is embedded throughout the literacy block....
04.21.2026 | BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by Michael ODay
