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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. If your child DOES need help with decoding, it is best learned in context. For the best results, a phonics lesson would follow a guided reading lesson, and the words for the phonics lesson would come from the book you used for the guided reading lesson. . Words out of context, in a list are the hardest words for children to decode. [/quote]

I disagree with the above approach.  I will say though that it is the approach used by our local public schools, and as a reading tutor, I will never be out of a job as long as that curriculum is in place!

Thorough, explicit, direct teaching of decoding is the most efficient way of teaching decoding skills, especially for kids who are behind their peers, and as soon as children have mastered those skills and can use them rapidly, they will be able to fly through any reading material, being held back only by their lack of vocabulary and content knowledge.  I have seen very rapid progress with children by using words (especially nonsense) in a list.

The key is not to use the same pattern over and over, ie. don't teach the -at words and then the -in words and then the -ing words -- but teach all the different possible CVC words and move quickly to CCVC and CVCC words -- making sure that the child is able to quickly and easily sound out and blend every word, no matter what, accurately and all the time.

Phonics programs that gather their words just from the previous reading selection in my experience are not thorough and do not provide enough review, especially for a child who is behind.

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