Decoding Teacher Resources

Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...

Teach young biologists the language of life with this series of worksheets on DNA. By working through these pages, students expand their understanding of genetics as they learn about the process of transcription and the...

For this early childhood reading words worksheet, students sound out 5 letter combinations and then read the words with the consonant cluster. Students identify 5 words that begin with tr.

In this beginning and ending sounds learning exercise, learners fill in the first and last letter blanks in six CVC words. The vowels are all given, so writers are practicing consonants. Use the picture clues provided in order to...

In this school home links CVC words worksheet, students practice sounding out the words dog, pot, sat, cat, cap, hit, box, cup, and bed.

In this Winter Olympics worksheet, students complete a decoding puzzles with the help of a word box at the bottom of the page. All words written "in code" are related to the Winter Olympics.

Beginning readers study the short /i/ sound. First they determine how the mouth moves when they say the target words in a tongue twister. They complete letterbox activities by making words with the short /i/ before reading What Is It and...

Learners explore prefixes, and how they help us decipher unknown words. Decode and define the meaning of  boldface words with prefixes used in context on a classroom chart. Writers complete a worksheet practicing the same skill.

After kids learn how to write their names, have them explore each letter with a fun worksheet. They write the letters in their names in the left column, then decipher which letters in the alphabet are not in their name. The second page...

In this decoding the message activity, students fill in the blanks using the letters that match each Christmas picture on the page. Students write 19 letters.

In this animals worksheet, students practice decoding the names of 14 different types of reptiles and amphibians. Students write their answers on the lines provided on the worksheet.

In this outer body parts learning exercise, 1st graders analyze and decode 32 scrambled outer body parts by utilizing the letter decoder found on the top of the learning exercise.

Young scholars make a list and decode words that are related to grocery shopping. In this grocery shopping lesson plan, students discuss what you do at the grocery store.

In this letter identification worksheet, students decode words by finding the letter that goes between the given letters, or if only one letter is given, they write the letter that comes before it. They complete 20 examples.

First graders practice blending words with the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Given a card with a decodable word part, 1st graders add an initial consonant sound and blend the sounds to read the new word. They practice reading a...

In this word decoding worksheet, students solve each word by decoding each number which equals one letter. Students complete 19 words.

In this word decoding worksheet, each number represents a letter that the students have to decode. Students decode 20 words in all.

In this word decoding activity, 7th graders decode the words by matching the correct number with the letter that it represents. Students complete 20 words.

In this word decoding worksheet, 7th graders use the code where numbers represent letters to figure out each word. Students decode 19 words.

Assess your young learners' reading skills, from sounding out words to general comprehension and identifying facts vs. opinions, with this excellent worksheet. The resource also includes a goal-setting worksheet that focuses...

A six-week unit wraps up kindergarteners' skills practice in beginning reading skills. Twenty-nine lessons focus on long vowel sounds and 11 tricky high-frequency words. Scholars participate in warm-up activities, introductions to sounds...

Here's a richly detailed unit, designed for second graders, that focuses on decoding figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification and idioms.

In this math vocabulary activity, students use a letter key code to match match vocabulary words to their definitions. A reference web site it given for additional activities.

In this fundamental algebraic skills worksheet, students solve 11 various problems that include various algebraic skills. First, they use the coded wheel to answer 2 questions about a message. Then, students substitute the given numbers...