A second-grade teacher is working with a small group of stud…

A second-grade teacher is working with a small group of students to improve their oral reading fluency. As part of lesson planning, the teacher analyzes the students’ oral reading errors and plans instruction to address phonics knowledge and skills not yet mastered. The teacher’s actions are likely to benefit the students’ reading fluency most directly by: 

Several children in a kindergarten class have mastered orall…

Several children in a kindergarten class have mastered orally blending sets of spoken sounds together to make words. Which of the following additional skills demonstrated by the children would best indicate that they are ready to begin instruction in decoding simple words?