Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

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Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...

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