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Determining decodability is a skill for the tutor, not the student. It simply means being aware of what level you are working at and looking for “real” text (books, papers, web articles ) with words that are decodable at that level. This is especially important at the Foundation Levels.

When you look at a section of text, ask yourself which words are:

• decodable
• decodable with one sound given
• probable sight words
• “freebies”

With every lesson, more and more words will become decodable or decodable with one sound given and fewer and fewer words will be “freebies”. By the time you get to the Clones section, you’ll rarely worry about this unless you want your student to practice one specific sound.

TRT does include a few decodable stories for just such practice. Here’s an example of our “ay” story. Friday Night Mates UK