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two students practice making short vowel words with cards

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
Trigraphs Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach trigraphs, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Trigraphs
Word Recognition
Phonics
Phonics Patterns
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Phonics Patterns
skill Explainer
Glued Sounds Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach glued sounds, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Phonics Patterns
Glued Sounds
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Phonics Patterns
skill Explainer
FLoSS(Z) Pattern Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach the FLoSS(Z) or double consonant pattern, which occurs in words like "puff," "fill," "mess," and "buzz".
Word Recognition
Phonics
Phonics Patterns
FLoSS(Z) Pattern
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Phonics Patterns
skill Explainer
Blends Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach consonant blends, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Phonics
Phonics Patterns
Word Recognition
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Phonics Patterns
skill Explainer
Consonant Digraphs Skill Explainer
Learn how and when to teach consonant digraphs, guide student practice, and assess learning.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Phonics Patterns
Digraphs
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Irregularly Spelled High-Frequency Words
skill Explainer
Irregularly Spelled High-Frequency Words
Common, Irregular Words
Phonics Patterns
Word Recognition
Phonics
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Articulation
skill Explainer
Articulation Skill Explainer
Learn the basics on teaching students how to articulate the phonemes.
Word Recognition
Phonological Awareness
Articulation
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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
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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
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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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