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DECODABLE READER

• Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences

• Decode words with common Latin suffixes

Use the following procedures to provide the instruction students need to apply

these skills:

• Before the student reads the selection, review the new and any previously learned high-

frequency sight words.

• Have the student read the title, browse the selection, and then discuss what he or she

thinks the selection is about.

• Read the teacher introductory text, as applicable, to provide context for the selection.

• Have the student read a page of the selection first silently and then aloud.

• Have the student apply his or her knowledge of spelling and syllabication patterns to

blend decodable words.

• Repeat this procedure for each page of the selection, as applicable.

• Have the student respond to the selection by

• discussing unfamiliar words.

• retelling the selection.

• responding to questions by pointing to answers in the text.

• Re-read the selection (partner reading, choral reading, turn-taking, and so on) to build

fluency.

Use the following error correction procedure if a student needs additional support.

For irregular/high-frequency words (e.g., was, is, to, of), correct an error as follows:

Say,

“That word is ______. What word?”

Have the student re-read the sentence.

For regular/decodable words (e.g., mat, fad, cats), correct errors as follows:

If a student stops or hesitates on a word, say

“Sound out the word.”

Once the word

is sounded out, say,

“Say the word the fast way.”

Have the student re-read the

sentence.

If a student does not say a particular sound in a word correctly, focus on the

particular sound. Say,

“That sound is _______. What sound?”

Once the student says

the particular sound, say,

“Sound out the word.”

Once the word is sounded out, say,

“Say the word the fast way.”

Have the student re-read the sentence.

Connecting Mastery Check administration to decodable text selections ensures that

students will have the necessary skills to read the decodable text selections with a

higher degree of success. The chart on the next page indicates the appropriate text

selections to read and review following the administration of each Mastery Check.