decodable
decodable Lexical Profile
decodable Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Capable of being converted from an encrypted, coded, or symbolic format into comprehensible language or usable data.
"Once the cryptographers identified the cipher key, the intercepted radio transmissions became easily decodable."
Written using only letter-sound relationships and phonetic patterns that early readers have already been explicitly taught (of reading materials).
"The first-grade teacher assigned decodable books so her students could practice sounding out words with short vowel patterns."
• noun
A short book or reading passage specifically designed for beginning readers, containing words that can be sounded out using previously taught phonics rules.
"The literacy curriculum includes a set of illustrated decodables that progress systematically from simple consonants to complex vowel teams."