What should you do when your student reaches a word in a story that seems challenging for them? Don't just tell them what the word is....help them attack it and come to the end result on their own.
Here are a list of fun and funny ways to help student get through those tougher words, bare with me, these are silly:
1. Chunky Monkey: Look for small "chunks" inside bigger words
2. Stretchy Snake: Stretch out the sounds in the words and blend them together
3. Lips the Fish: Get your mouth ready. Make the beginning sound of the word
4. Skippy Kangaroo: Skip over the word and read the rest of the sentence, then try it again
5. Flippy the Dolphin: Flip the vowel sound. If you tried the short vowel sound, try the word with the long vowel sound. Which one makes sense?
6. Fly Bye: Look at the picture carefully. Use the picture clues to decode tricky words
**I did not make these up, teachers have been using strategies like these for a long time. These just make it a bit more fun to teach. :-)
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