Decoding Complex Multisyllabic Words: Two Instructional Routines for Middle School Teachers

This infographic summarizes a recommendation from the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–8, which emphasizes teaching students with reading difficulties explicit strategies to decode complex multisyllabic words to improve reading and comprehension. It outlines two decoding routines for teachers and recommends selecting one routine to use consistently during intervention to help students break down, pronounce, and understand challenging words.