Decoding Strategies

By: Alexis Juusola

@AlexisJuusola
alexisjuusola Literacy Science and Love
Explicit reading instruction requires explicit and corrective
feedback to help students decode unknown words. The
following cards are to be added one at a time as they are
taught depending on your student’s knowledge of the
alphabetic principle, syllable types, and structural analysis
skills.

Thanks for checking them out!

Alexis
Literacy - Science - Love
Look for
the vowel.
What is the a, e, i, o, u
sound?
d og
Tap it out.
r-o-ck

Say it fast.
rock
Look for
any
digraphs.
2 letters = 1 sound
Look for
any blends.
(2 letters = 2 sounds)
Is there a suffix?
-s
Cover and read the
-ed
base word first.
-ing
Cats Jumped singing -er
-est
 What cV
syllable V
type is it? Vce
VV
How do Vr
-[
you know?
Big word?

let's
SPLIT
it up!
Big word?

Let’s
Get
HINTS!