At the beginning of the year we learned that good readers make connections to help them understand what they read. We spent the last two weeks learning that good readers use word attack/reading strategies to help them figure out unknown words.
We met these four word attack friends first! Lips the Fish says, "Get your lips/mouth ready to say the first sound!" Eagle Eye says, "Look at the pictures for clues!" Stretchy Snake says, "S-t-r-e-t-c-h i-t o-u-t (slowly say the sounds in the word), stretch it out (quickly say the word)!" Chunky Monkey says, "Chunk the word (look for word chunks that you know)!" Our friends help us figure out words on our own so that we don't have to ask for help!
Nevaeh, Maria, and Destiny are working together to figure out words using Chunky Monkey!
We love to figure out words on our own!
When your child is reading at home, please make sure they are using their word attack strategies!
Stay tuned to meet our next four friends!
Hayden has been finding chunks in words all weekend! :)
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