The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade," is to offer educators specific, evidence-based recommendations for teaching foundational reading skills to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The guide suggests instructional practices that can be implemented after students have mastered early reading skills. The guide provides teachers, reading coaches, principals, and other educators with instructional recommendations that can be implemented in conjunction with existing standards or curricula and does not recommend a particular curriculum. This brief summary report focuses on the second of the four recommendations: Develop awareness of the segments of sound in speech and how they link to letters. For students to be able to read and comprehend, they must first develop phonological awareness, the ability to recognize and manipulate the segments of sound in words. To develop this ability, students must be able to identify the following: individual sounds (phonemes) in words; print letters of the alphabet; and corresponding sounds for each letter. This recommendation focuses on actions teachers can take to support students in developing the ability to effectively decode and encode words. This summary provides steps to carry out the recommendation, identifies potential roadblocks, and suggests ways to address them. [For "Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade. Educator's Practice Guide. NCEE 2016-4008," see ED566956.]