Most programs teach you to have the student say each letter-sound separately, BUT sooo many kids struggle with this approach to decoding. Which is why I rely on a method that DOES work for everyone – the Blend As You Read decoding strategy! #ReadingIsFundamental #ScienceOfReading #ReadingSimplified #ReadingCommunityOfInstagram #ReadingTeachers #ReadingSpecialist | Reading Simplified

🎉 Get your students excited to practice decoding and fluency with this engaging, low-prep Science of Reading-aligned resource. 🎭 Each decodable play is packed with fun-filled activities to practice blending, decoding, and comprehension. Your students will be begging you to use this resource. 👉 Comment "bundle" if you want the link. 📚 Why you should choose this bundle: 📖 Engages students in phonics, writing, and reading skills 🧠 Helps develop phonemic awareness 🧪 Aligned with the Science o

📣 What decoding strategies do students need after they learn how to blend sounds together to read words? The second-most important decoding strategy is flexibly testing out possibilities for an unknown spelling, until a meaningful word is hit upon. We call this decoding strategy, Flex It. 💪🏿 Flex It helps kids especially with all the tricky phonics possibilities in our language. Take the spelling "ow" as in "show" and in "cow"-- 1 spelling. 2 possible sounds. 🤦🏿‍♀️ How's a beginning or stru