Hi Parents!
It's the last installment of the Decoding Strategy of the Day series.
Decoding Strategy of the Day: Skip the Tricky Word and Read On, Then Come Back
This strategy is similar to using context clues to figure out the definition of an unknown word. It will help your child figure out a tricky word by using words around it. If your child is reading and comes to an unknown word, you can prompt your child by saying, "Skip the word and read on." Have your child read to the end of the sentence. By reading to the end of the sentence, your child will hear the other words in the sentence, and may get a context for the unknown word.
The strategy in action:
In this example, pretend your child is trying to read the sentence, "Billy found his lost dog." Your child comes to the word "found", but can't decode it. Prompt him/her by saying, "Skip the tricky word and read on." After "found", your child will read "his lost dog." Now your child knows the dog was "lost". Go back to the tricky word. Tell your child to look at the first letter and get his/her mouth ready (read about that strategy HERE). Tell your child to go back to the beginning of the sentence. Now, he/she knows 2 things to help decode the tricky word, namely, that the dog was lost, and that the unknown word starts with "f". These 2 clues will very likely help your child read "found" independently!
Thank you for reading my posts this week. If you have any questions about any strategies I've described, please contact me!
It's the last installment of the Decoding Strategy of the Day series.
Decoding Strategy of the Day: Skip the Tricky Word and Read On, Then Come Back
This strategy is similar to using context clues to figure out the definition of an unknown word. It will help your child figure out a tricky word by using words around it. If your child is reading and comes to an unknown word, you can prompt your child by saying, "Skip the word and read on." Have your child read to the end of the sentence. By reading to the end of the sentence, your child will hear the other words in the sentence, and may get a context for the unknown word.
The strategy in action:
In this example, pretend your child is trying to read the sentence, "Billy found his lost dog." Your child comes to the word "found", but can't decode it. Prompt him/her by saying, "Skip the tricky word and read on." After "found", your child will read "his lost dog." Now your child knows the dog was "lost". Go back to the tricky word. Tell your child to look at the first letter and get his/her mouth ready (read about that strategy HERE). Tell your child to go back to the beginning of the sentence. Now, he/she knows 2 things to help decode the tricky word, namely, that the dog was lost, and that the unknown word starts with "f". These 2 clues will very likely help your child read "found" independently!
Thank you for reading my posts this week. If you have any questions about any strategies I've described, please contact me!
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