The accompanying article introduces highly transparent grapheme-phoneme relationships
embodied within a Periodic table of decoding cells, which arguably presents the
quintessential transparent decoding elements. The study then folds these cells into one highly
transparent but simply stated singularity generalization—this generalization unifies the
decoding cells (97% transparency). Deeper, the periodic table and singularity generalization
together highlight the connectivity of the periodic cells. Moreover, these interrelated cells,
coupled with the singularity generalization, clarify teaching targets and enable efficient
learning of the letter-sound code. This singularity generalization, in turn, serves as a model
for creating unified but easily stated subordinate generalizations for any one of the transparent
cells or groups of cells shown within the tables. The article then expands the periodic cells into
two tables of teacher-ready sample word lists—one table includes sample words for the basic
and phonogram vowel cells, and the other table embraces word samples for the transparent
consonant cells. The paper concludes with suggestions for teaching the cellular transparency
embedded within reoccurring isolated words and running text to promote decoding automaticity
of the periodic cells.

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