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   • What is Structured Literacy?

     “The term structured literacy has been trademarked by the International Dyslexia Association. The IDA defines structured literacy as the “highly explicit, systematic teaching of foundation skills such as decoding and spelling skills, as well as explicit teaching of other important components of literacy such as vocabulary, comprehension, and writing”.”

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   • What are decodable books?

     “Decodable books are designed to support a Synthetic Phonics method of teaching reading. In Synthetic Phonics, letter sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) are taught explicitly and systematically.”

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   • What are tricky words?

     “A tricky word (also called a common exception word) is a word that is very common in the English language, but is not decodable using phonics alone. Children must be taught to recognise these words on sight, because they can’t use the phonics they know to sound them out.”

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   • How can I better understand the ‘jargon’ around structured literacy?

     “Our Glossary of Key Structured Literacy Terms helps to explain the language used when discussing structured literacy. Download the Glossary here.”

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   About Sunshine Books

   Sunshine Books: “Sunshine Books is an international publisher of children's literacy and educational books.”