Join Stacey Mahurin, a Speech Pathologist and Certified Academic Language Therapist, as she explores the encoding side of phonics. Ms. Mahurin explains the stages of development, involving layers of concepts and skills, students must progress through to become capable spellers. Just as with decoding, many encoding skills should be mastered by the end of elementary but there are advanced skills and concepts older students must continue to practice. Ms. Mahurin discusses what encoding instruction looks like for middle and secondary students.