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Word Recognition

What is word recognition? A subconscious process of breaking the alphabetic code of our written language to read words

New to word recognition? Start with our step-by-step skill explainers: syllable awareness, onset-rime, and phoneme identification.

Looking for teaching materials? Explore all of our word recognition resources below.

two students practice making short vowel words with cards

Phonics Patterns
skill Explainer
Short Vowels Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach and reinforce short vowels, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Phonics
Short Vowels
Word Recognition
Beginning Phonics Patterns
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Phonemic Awareness
video
Finger Stretching with Monique Ealey
Watch Monique Ealey use her fingers to isolate and identify each sound in a word.
Word Recognition
Phonological Awareness
Phonemic Awareness
Phoneme Segmentation and Blending
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Phonemic Awareness
skill Explainer
Phoneme Segmentation and Blending
Learn how and when to explicitly teach syllable awareness, build fluency, and assess student learning.
Word Recognition
Phonemic Awareness
Phonological Awareness
Phoneme Segmentation and Blending
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Sound-Letter Correspondence
skill Explainer
Letter Names and Sounds Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach this skill, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Letter Names and Sounds
Phonics
Word Recognition
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Phonics
article
decodable
Free Decodable Texts for Each Phonics Skill
Decodable texts are simple passages or books made for beginning readers that offer practice with specific phonics patterns.
Phonics
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Phonics
article
decodable
How to Use Decodable Texts
These simple passages or books help students practice the phonics patterns they've already learned.
Phonics
Word Recognition
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Phonological Awareness
lesson Plan
Phonological Awareness Teaching Strategies
Print this handy reference chart for your lesson planning.
Word Recognition
Phonological Awareness
Phonemic Awareness
Onset-Rime
Syllables
Phoneme Manipulation
Phoneme Identification
Phoneme Segmentation and Blending
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Onset-Rime
skill Explainer
Onset-Rime Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach this skill, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Onset-Rime
Word Recognition
Phonological Awareness
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Phonological Awareness
printable
Phonological Awareness Continuum of Skills
This graphic illustrates the sequence of phonological awareness skills we teach to beginning readers.
Phonological Awareness
Structured Literacy
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Phonological Awareness
printable
Picture Cards for Instruction with Phonemes
Use this free set of printable picture cards to support your phonological awareness instruction.
Phonological Awareness
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Syllables
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Picture Cards for Student Practice with Phonemes
Use this free set of printable picture cards for independent student practice.
Phonological Awareness
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Onset-Rime
skill Explainer
Rhyming Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach this skill, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Word Recognition
Phonological Awareness
Rhyming
Onset-Rime
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