--- title: A leader’s guide to evaluating foundational literacy instruction for grades 3-5 description: Discover how low-cost phonics programs can falter in practice. 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Now the focus is shifting to grades 3–5. Several new, unproven, stand-alone word study and morphology programs have entered the market for upper elementary grades, but word study alone is not a complete foundational literacy plan. Every student in kindergarten through 5th grade benefits from a consistent instructional framework, and students in grades 3–5 still need explicit, continued phonics instruction alongside morphology as grade-level texts become increasingly complex. Understand your next steps with clear comparison points. 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