Learn to Read: Reading Activities

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Learning to read doesn’t just happen. It takes hard work, and a lot of practice. And what better way to learn how to read than by practicing? The sections below will take you through all of the early learning stages, including CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant), short vowel sounds, long vowel sounds, letter blends, and digraphs to get your child familiar with how letters sound and to build reading confidence.

Charge into Reading Decodable Articles: Reading Activities and Articles

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What Are Syllables: Syllable Division Rules

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Syllable division rules teach children how to break multisyllabic words into its syllable parts. These six rules will keep readers on track when decoding text.

What Are Syllables: Syllable Division Rules

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Syllable division rules teach children how to break multisyllabic words into its syllable parts. These six rules will keep readers on track when decoding text.

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Phonemic Awareness

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A guide to phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and how to teach phoneme blending, addition, deletion, substitution, and segmentation with examples.

Phonemic Awareness

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A guide to phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and how to teach phoneme blending, addition, deletion, substitution, and segmentation with examples.

A chart showing the 5 pillars of reading according to the science of reading.

The Science of Reading

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What is the science of reading: understanding the elements of structured literacy including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

The Science of Reading

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What is the science of reading: understanding the elements of structured literacy including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Short U Words

Short U Words

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An in-depth look at Short U words, with a focus on how Short U words are formed, Short U word families, and free Short U word lists and Short U...

Short U Words

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An in-depth look at Short U words, with a focus on how Short U words are formed, Short U word families, and free Short U word lists and Short U...

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Short O Words

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An in-depth look at Short O words, with a focus on how Short O sounds are formed, Short O word families, and free short O word lists and Short O...

Short O Words

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An in-depth look at Short O words, with a focus on how Short O sounds are formed, Short O word families, and free short O word lists and Short O...

The main article image showing different short I words.

Short I Words

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An in-depth look at Short I words, with a focus on how Short I sounds are formed, Short I word families, and free Short I word lists and Short I...

Short I Words

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An in-depth look at Short I words, with a focus on how Short I sounds are formed, Short I word families, and free Short I word lists and Short I...