Before entering IGSE, I had tutored children aged 7-10 phonics and I often thought of the importance of phonics. That's why I took the course Literacy and Phonics without hesitation. The class is about learning the basic theories of literacy development and specific class activities. Through the class, I began to think more deeply about how to write an appropriate phonics textbook to help young learners develop phonics knowledge. 1. Textbooks and supplements • Herrera, S., Perez, & Escamilla, K. (2010). Teaching Reading to English Language Learners. • Rasinski, T. V., & Padak, N. (2013). From phonics to fluency: Effective teaching of decoding and reading fluency in the elementary school. Boston, Mass: Pearson. The first book is about the history of phonics and theories of literacy and methods of teaching phonics to students whose native language is not English. The seco...