decodable
- adjective
- /dɪˈkoʊdəbl/
:
legible
- The decodable stories have simple phonetic patterns that make them easy to understand.
- decodable text
- decodable word
- decodable book
Examples
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For the final 8 weeks, students read decodable books that we wrote to emphasize the text structure sequencing (i.e., first, next, last).
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Believe it or not, there are many decodable readers out there.
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For this item, we examined activities that focus on the instruction of individual decodable words.
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During the story reading activity, decodable words are spelled.
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Similar results were also found by 17 in that students reading more decodable text tended to read with greater speed, accuracy, and comprehension.
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Reading A-Z and EdHelper also have decodable books to print out.
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The Reading section generally includes listening to story selections, student reading of decodable text, comprehension skills, and fluency building.
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As mentioned earlier, decodable text was prevalent in the 1970s, but predominantly in special education classrooms for remedial readers.
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Many schools use decodable books to help children learn to read efficiently.
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Teachers often choose decodable texts for early readers to build their confidence.
Synonyms
171
1.6
Clear and easy to see what it means or why someone feels that way
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3.4
A text or idea easy to understand
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2.0
Easy to see and understand because the letters are clear
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3.1
Clear enough to read easily, like handwriting or printed text
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3.7
Easy to understand
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4.4
Easy to hear and understand
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3.9
Easy to understand and remember
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3.7
Easy to read or understand
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3.7
An item that a scanner or person can read quickly
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3.8
Easy to understand or learn
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5.7
Able to be understood or explained
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6.0
Easy to read and understand for a person or a computer
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4.9
Easy to understand
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7.5
Most people can understand it easily
Easy to understand
Easy to understand
Antonyms
How Readable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decodable is built from de- 'remove' and code 'a system of signs', so a decodable text or word is one you can figure out because it follows regular rules or sounds. That's why teachers use 'decodable' books to help learners read by sounding out words you can 'take the code off'.