So now you know that the 3 cueing strategies are not the way to go. Bye-bye!
And you're getting pretty good at teaching kids the strategy of blending sounds consecutively, instead.
But did you know that researchers have identified a 2nd decoding strategy - beyond blending? It's called Set for Variability, and early evidence shows:
-That it is a skill that good readers have;
-It is strongly related to reading achievement; and
-We can probably teach students to develop it.