Automatically Decoding Words/ Impact of Memory and Language
In order to become effective at reading words, students must develop their decoding skills to a seemingly ‘automatic’ level. Readers must be able to recognize words quickly and accurately. In truth, when we read we continue to employ the steps of decoding, but we do so in such a manner that it appears almost effortless, or automatic. Automaticity is crucial to building reading skills because students who are able to automatically decode words are free to think about the meaning of the words they are reading. Thus, skilled word decoding is a building block for reading comprehension.
Being able to read words rapidly with high or near perfect accuracy, or automatization, depends upon developing effective decoding skills as well as building a sight word vocabulary.
Here are some strategies to help students develop their ability to decode words automatically.
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