Decodable Readers Are Perfect for All Students!

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Decodable readers help students master phonics patterns by connecting the individual patterns to meaningful sentences.  They help students to review previously taught patterns and can be particularly helpful for students in the early stages of reading.

Decodable readers are decodable for your students if they align with phonics patterns that students have mastered.  Let’s look at some example sentences.

• The cat went down the stairs.
• The cat ran on the steps.

The first sentence would probably be found in a guided reading book.  It would have a picture of a cat running downstairs and students would use the picture to figure out what the sentence said.  For instance, students could sound out the word cat, but the others are irregular.  Which means they do not follow typical phonics patterns.

To find the decodability of a sentence or book: the number of decodable words/total words in the sentence.  The decodability of the first sentence is 16% and the decodability of the second is 83%. Huge difference!

Decodable readers help all students build:

• Decoding skills
• Reading fluency
• Confidence
• Mastery of phonics skills
• So much more!

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