Decoding Teacher Resources

Pupils explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They listen to and then repeat /sh/ tongue twisters. They listen for and identify /sh/ words in 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' by Dr. Seuss.

Students model the sound a baby makes when it cries, saying "aaaaa". They say the word "rat" stretching out the vowel sound and look at a tongue twister for the /a/ sound; repeating it together as a class. They then practice making the...

What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.

What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to help students practice distinguishing between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of decoding regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words that have a long 'a' or 'u' sound at the end of a syllable by remembering that open vowels make the long vowel sound. [4:37]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words that have a long 'i' sound at the end of a syllable by remembering that open vowels make the long vowel sound. [4:08]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words that have a long 'o' sound at the end of a syllable by remembering that open vowels make the long vowel sound. [4:25]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words pronounced with the short /o/ and /u/ sounds by remembering that they occur in closed syllables. [4:25]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words pronounced with the short /i/ sound by remembering that it occurs in a closed syllable. [4:39]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words by breaking up words after the prefix. [3:50]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words by breaking up words before the suffix. [3:19]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words by breaking up syllables in between two consonants. [3:42]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words by breaking up syllables after a long vowel. [3:55]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words by breaking up syllables after the consonant following the first vowel, when the vowel is not long. [3:42]

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This printable activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will read sentences that contain multisyllabic words and then identify pictures that contain the multisyllabic words in...

How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.

Here is a printable learning game for core standard RF.2.3.C. A brief description of the game is on the widget. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All pages are free for individual and non-commercial use.