In this reading exercise, students read many words containing <air>, <are> and <ere> (e.g. “fair”, “dare” and “there”). For efficiency and engagement, we find it best to work on extended code targets like <air>, <are> and <ere> while also working on reading fluency (accuracy, speed and expression) with sentences and short passages.

This reading workout is about Claire, a dairy farmer by day, and an artist by night. She won’t share her art with anyone because she is too shy. Does she need a push? Let’s find out!

This no-prep exercise can be used for:

• decoding practice; or
• word or sentence level written dictation (encoding) practice.