Reading Tricks was designed based on research at the Hospital for Sick Children. The program combines the proven sound-blending system from Direct Instruction program, Reading Mastery, with 3 other decoding strategies into a meta-cognitive system that encourages automatic decoding and fluent text reading. Reading Tricks works well with students in grades 4 and up who have not yet learned to read.
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Skill Components• letter sounds
• rhyming patterns • vowel sounds and pairs • affixes |
DECODING TRICKS• applying skills to decode words
• overt steps • self-monitoring • decoding plan |
AUTOMATICITY• describe
• modeling • guided practice • independent practice • practice, practice, practice |
FLUENCY• speedy skill lists
• speedy words lists • word-controlled texts • generalized texts • text fluency checks |