🕵️♂️ THE THINKING THIEF: WHOLE-CLASS PHONICS + STRATEGY SLIDES (K–2) Your students can decode… but can they explain HOW they read? The Thinking Thief is a highly engaging, story-driven phonics slide deck that builds decoding, encoding, AND metacognitive strategy use — all in one powerful whole-class routine. Instead of isolated phonics drills, students become reading detectives, solving “word crimes” as a mischievous thief steals parts of words. Along the way, they learn to THINK about their r