Decoding Drills | Real and Nonsense Word Fluency Practice and Decodable Passages

These No Prep I CAN READ phonics based decoding activities are aligned with Science of Reading and perfect for students who are learning to read and write various phonics patterns. Each decodable reader worksheet includes decodable words, nonsense words, sentences, and a short story. These phonics decodables are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic.

Science of Reading Aligned

The Research

I created these decodable sheets to improve fluency. According the the National Reading Panel, a few things are critical of good reading instruction.

•Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness

•Systematic phonics instruction

•Methods to improve fluency

Orton Gillingham states that fluency is built from automatic recognition of a word through repeated encounters. Average students need 4-14 repetitions to achieve automaticity. Struggling readers may need more than 20 repetitions to attain true automaticity.

How can I use these decodable readers in my classroom?

•Use with individual students.

•Teach the phonics pattern in targeted small groups. Then, use the sheets as a warmup (the first three-five minutes of group) all week.

•Send home with students as a tool to practice at home.

•Parent volunteers

Each sheet includes:

•12 decodable words

•8 decodable nonsense words

•5 decodable sentences

•A short story

Included in this bundle:

• Letter Sounds
• CVC Short Vowels
• CVCe
• R-Controlled Vowels
• Long Vowels, Vowel Teams, & Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Blends
• Multisyllabic Words
• Contractions
• Floss Rule
• Silent Letters
• Hard and Soft C and G
• Prefixes and Suffixes
• Consonant + LE Endings