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Quick Instructor's Message:
As you explore the content on this page please remember that learning each strategy takes time. Your child might spend longer on one strategy than another, but remember that all the strategies are important to becoming an indedendent reader.

What You Need To Know About Word Decoding

Each link below connects you to a demonstration of the strategies for decoding words.
Remember these demonstrations are for you, the parents, and should serve as a guide as you are reinforcing these strategies with your child at home.

After viewing the demonstration, click
on the assignments link at the top of the page
to access practice activities that you and your child can enjoy!

Using Picture Clues		In this PowerPoint pictures have been paired with text to demonstrate how a new reader could use the picture clues to discover the unknown word.
Breaking Down Words Into Their Sound Parts		Although sounding out words letter by letter doesn't work for all words in English it is still a fundamental strategy. These sites are games that explain the different skills as well as provide activties for you and your child. Oral Blending Blending Dictation Spelling Interactive Phonics(this site has books to buy)
Cutting The Word Into Chunks		This article provides information on what chunks are and how they can be used as a reading strategy. There is a link on the page with a list of 37 different chunks that can be worked on with your child. (There are more activties for this under assignments)
Skipping And Going Back		PowerPoint This is the most advanced strategy, since it requires the student knowledge of sounds, pictures and sentence structure.