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Diagnostic match · Compensatory Three-Cueing Habituation
Stop Picture Guessing: Decodable Reset
For readers guessing from first letters or pictures instead of decoding.
| What you see | Child guesses words based on first letter or picture clues rather than sounding out. |
|---|---|
| Root gap | Compensatory Three-Cueing Habituation |
| Instructional target | Picture-free decodable passages, sound-to-print mapping, and systematic orthographic mapping drills. |
| role | Classroom Teacher |
| skill | CVC & Short Vowels |
| grade | Grades 1–2 |
| setting | Tier 2 Small Group (3–5) |
| time | 15–20 min small group |
Exclusion / Risk Boundary
Strictly eliminate all context-guessing prompts (e.g., 'look at the picture', 'what makes sense').
Root gap · Compensatory Three-Cueing Habituation
Target · Picture-free decodable passages, sound-to-print mapping, and systematic orthographic mapping drills.
Targeted word list preview · LM-101
matsatfatratsaglapmapsapsitfitlitripsiplipfigrig
Matched kits
Directly targets CVC & Short Vowels: Short /a/, /i/, /o/ CVC with continuous initial consonants (m, s, f, l, n, r).
Directly targets CVC & Short Vowels: Short-vowel confusion (/e/ vs /i/, /a/ vs /e/) in CVC and CCVC.
Directly targets CVC & Short Vowels: Inability to blend 3 phonemes; short /a/ and /i/ with continuous sounds only.