Structured Literacy is a term created by the International Dyslexia Association and refers to an approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling. It is based on the science behind how the brain learns to read (Understood.org).

Structured Literacy is crucial for some, and beneficial for all.

According to Understood.org, Structured Literacy can be made up of the following concepts:

• Phonology: the study of sounds in spoken words

• Sound-symbol (orthography): how to map sounds (phonemes) to letters (graphemes)

• Syllables: knowing the types of syllables and how to divide words into syllables

• Morphology: the study of base words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes)

• Syntax: understanding the grammatical order of words (like sentence structure)

• Semantics: understanding the meaning of words and sentences