Literature-Based Activities that Support Research-Based Instruction. All elementary teachers face the challenge of teaching young children the individual components of reading. Getting students to put these components together so they can read and understand text is an even tougher challenge! With this series, students will learn to recognize the sounds that make up words, decode text, understand the meaning of new words, read aloud with fluency, and comprehend the author's message. Not only will they achieve success in reading, but they will also be motivated to become lifelong readers!