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3 Strategies to Teach Kids to Read Unknown Words
- 3. Stuck on a Word
Teaching Strategy 1:
This strategy is used mostly in
kindergarten and first grade. As kids
become proficient readers, they rely more
on decoding and content strategies.
Check the
Picture
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- 4. What do you see
in the picture?
What is
happening in
the picture?
Generate
ResponsesAsk kids
The cat and yarn
The cat is playing
with the yarn
What is the
picture about?
The cat is having
fun playing with
the yarn
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- 5. Stuck on a Word
Teaching Strategy 2:
This strategy extends in complexity as
each kid’s reading ability increases. It
moves from letter sounds, to blends,
digraphs and other patterns to multiple
syllables.
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- 13. Reading Challenges - Increased Levels
There are fewer repeated words, more unknown words: multi-
syllabic words, content specific words, transition words, figurative
language; requiring decoding skills
Text is organized in a range of different structures:
compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution…. requiring
content skills
Sound out the Words
Check for Understanding
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- 14. Rock Climbing
Rock climbing is a demanding sport. It involves
climbing up, down, and across sides of hills or
mountains. Climbers need to keep their balance,
placing their feet on sturdy surfaces, not rough
edges. Good placement of their hands and feet
will prevent the climbers from falling.
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- 15. Rock Climbing
Rock climbing is a demanding
sport. It involves climbing up,
down, and across sides of hills
or mountains.
Sound out
the Words
Check for
understanding
de-mand-ing
When more
support is needed
have kids
Have kids read
ahead and use the
clues of the next
sentence to help
read the word -
demanding
Ask – does that
sound easy?
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- 16. Rock Climbing
Climbers need to keep their
balance, placing their feet on
sturdy surfaces, not rough
edges. Good placement of
their hands and feet will
prevent the climbers from
falling.
Sound out
the Words
Check for
understanding
When more
support is needed
have kids
Have kids read
ahead and use the
clues of the next
sentence to help
read the word -
demanding
cause and
effect text
structurepre-vent
Talk about the
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