The document summarizes in 3 sentences or less: A young man who lived in a mansion and collected car parts wanted to modify his father's car for a parade float contest using some submarine parts. Although his father was concerned about his car, he let his son have full control over the modifications. The document then provides exercises on decoding words, sounding out letters, and identifying word parts like digraphs, welded sounds, base words, and suffixes.

1. Decoding

2. 2.1Words within words

3. There once was a young man who lived in a mansion and had an extraordinary collection of automotive accessories. He would often sit and ponder his chance to use these parts to make an alteration on his father’s car. He almost appeared to be in a catatonic state when his dad came to talk to him about the centennial parade at the capitol building. The young man told his father that he would like to substitute a few submarine parts for car parts. This would help them win the unusual float contest. Although his father was concerned about every millimeter of his car, he gave his son full control. Would something go wrong or not?

4. How many “at” words can you make?

5. How many “all” words can you make?

6. There once was a young man who lived in a mansion and had an extraordinary collection of automotive accessories. He would often sit and ponder his chance to use these parts to make an alteration on his father’s car. He almost appeared to be in a catatonic state when his dad came to talk to him about the centennial parade at the capitol building. The young man told his father that he would like to substitute a few submarine parts for car parts. This would help them win the unusual float contest. Although his father was concerned about every millimeter of his car, he gave his son full control. Would something go wrong or not?

7. Compound WordsSome + thing = SomethingBase + ball = BaseballCan you think of any other compound words?

8. How can the small words help?

9. MillimeterWhat small words can you see in this larger one?Mill MeterWhen we put them together with the ‘i’ in the middle it becomes…Mill—i–meter

10. Group Work

11. Dictionary Challenge

12. Words that can be found in the beginning storyMansion = Man Extraordinary = ExtraAutomotive = Auto Catatonic = CatPonder = Pond Alteration = alterCentennial = Cent Capitol = CapSubstitute = Sub Contest = TestSubmarine = Sub Unusual = Usual Millimeter = Meter Something = Some Something = Thing

13. 2.2Sound it out

14. Gunk in the trunk? My mom said it stunk. Maybe I should dunk the gunk!I found a pink bink sitting in the sink. It might stink. What do you think?The fat cat sat on the mat and watched the rat who was playing with a bat.

15. unkinkat

16. Blending

17. Think BackRemember

19. DigraphA digraph is a pair of letters that, when put together, no longer make the sound that either made when they were apart.Example: t + h = th

20. CkwhchphshOoowaieiieIt is important to remember that when these letters are together, they make their special sound. When digraphs are found in a word, we will underline them.

21. Where are the digraphs?Boat WhiteTeamSharing ChickenChocolateThumb WhaleThunderChain PhoneGlowSherry QueenRain

22. What is a welded sound?

23. Welded sounds happen when letters come together and form the same sound each time, no matter what other letters are around.unkank ink an am ongingung all at When we see welded sounds, we draw a box around them.

24. Find the welded soundsFan Slam YoungSling SingSpankSmall ThinkFallHonk BankSpamFlung Hank Long

25. Base words and suffixesBase words are words in there simplest formSuffixes are added to the end of the wordThankfulThank + ful = Thankful

26. Find the base words and suffixesLoudly GeniusesCarefulHardest JoiningSkatedPracticed QuickerPlayfulSaddest FloatingTallerGreater RichestLightly

27. Blending SoundsShare what you know

28. Think Backa /ă/

29. Make it Flow Words need to flow together rather than sound choppy.we stretch the letters until they blend by saying one letter until you begin saying the next.

30. Some letters don’t like to stretchb d t k g p And the digraph “ch”Let’s try them and see

31. Let’s Stretcheeeeeeeellllllllllllfffffffffeeeellllffffeellffelf

32. Stretch Some MoreFFFFFFF rrrrrrreeeeee dFFF rrreee dFF rree dFred

33. Let’s think of some more

34. Group Work

35. The End