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  • L Frances Smith Elementary School
  • Columbus, IN
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Each week the students will be explicitly taught a new sound or concept. We move into reading words that use the pattern, phrases, sentences, and finally using this phonics skill within the continuous text. The use of carefully chosen decodable readers makes that scaffolding process complete. These decodable readers will offer the chance for students to practice the sound/concept in a book setting. Decodable readers include only sounds/concepts that have been taught; therefore, building confident readers. The use of decodable readers forces readers to practice their decoding skills instead of relying on pictures or guessing. Decodable readers are a big step toward fluent independent reading. My goal is for students to read books that are rich in content knowledge and vocabulary. The decodable text helps students develop and deepen their comprehension skills. Fluency begins not at the passage level, or even with the phrasing of sentences, but at the word level with rapid and efficient decoding and automatic recognition.

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Each week the students will be explicitly taught a new sound or concept. We move into reading words that use the pattern, phrases, sentences, and finally using this phonics skill within the continuous text. The use of carefully chosen decodable readers makes that scaffolding process complete. These decodable readers will offer the chance for students to practice the sound/concept in a book setting. Decodable readers include only sounds/concepts that have been taught; therefore, building confident readers. The use of decodable readers forces readers to practice their decoding skills instead of relying on pictures or guessing. Decodable readers are a big step toward fluent independent reading. My goal is for students to read books that are rich in content knowledge and vocabulary. The decodable text helps students develop and deepen their comprehension skills. Fluency begins not at the passage level, or even with the phrasing of sentences, but at the word level with rapid and efficient decoding and automatic recognition.

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