Reading, Decoding, and Phonics
Browse our carefully selected resources for your science of reading journey.
Steps of an Effective Phonics Lesson
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- Step 1: Review
- Step 2: Teach New Concept
- Step 3: Word Reading Accuracy
- Step 4: Word Reading Fluency
- Step 5: Reading Fluency (short phrases, long phrases, sentences, text)
- Step 6: Word Building
- Step 7: Sentence Dictation
- Step 8: Transfer to Text (first with decodable readers)
More Resources
Recommended Science of Reading Resources:
- Sound Library by Voyager Sopris
- Sounds or Phonemes video
- WordSpring Word List Generator by Lexia
- Open Source Phonics
- M.A. Rooney Foundation’s OG Card Drill
- hand2mind Mirror My Sounds Phoneme Set– Find on Amazon
Recommended Science of Reading Virtual Soundboards:
- SeeSaw (search Letter Tiles)
- FCRR
- Reading Rockets
- Brain Spring’s Direction to create your own in Google Slides
Recommended Science of Reading Books:
- Equipped for Reading Success (2016) Book by David Kilpatrick –
Find on Amazon - Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching – Find on Amazon
- Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading: Preparing Teachers for a Changing World – Find on Amazon
- The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler-Find on Amazon
- Shifting the Balance by Jan Burkins & Kari Yates-Find on Amazon
- Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It – Find on Amazon
- Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) – Find on Amazon
- Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain – Find on Amazon
- The Reading Glitch: How the Culture Wars Have Hijacked Reading Instruction-And What We Can Do about It – Find on Amazon
- Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read – Find on Amazon
- Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print –Find on Amazon
- The Science of Reading: A Handbook – Find on Amazon
- Making Sense of Interventions for Children with Developmental Disorders: A Guide for Parents and Professionals – Find on Amazon
- Learning to Read: The Great Debate by Chall Jeanne S. (1995-06-01) Hardcover – Find on Amazon
- Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition): Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated – Find on Amazon
- Teaching Students with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, OWL LD, and Dyscalculia – Find on Amazon
- Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers, Third Edition – Find on Amazon
- Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers Third Edition, New edition – Find on Amazon
- Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World – Find on Amazon
- Reading Assessment: Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition – Find on Amazon