Decoding Strategies

Strategy #1 (Standard IV, Objective 2-a)

A. Have the students write several sentences that include contractions and compound words on the chalkboard. Have the rest of the students write them on a piece of paper.

B. Have the students identify which words are contraction and compound words.

C. For example:

1. I can’t (contraction) see the rainbow (compound).

2. I didn’t (contraction) baby-sit (compound) last

night.

3. I couldn’t (contraction) play football (compound).

4. We shouldn’t (contraction) listen to a loudspeaker

(compound) too close.

5. I go to high school (compound) at 9 o’clock

(contraction).

Strategy #2 (Standard IV, Objective 2-e)

A. Create a wall with letter patterns that will help the

students decode words.

B. For example: (_ack, _ail, _ake)

~Rack, back, stack, sack, smack , hack, lack

~Nail, snail, rail, mail, bail, tail, sail, fail

~Cake, bake, rake, take, make, lake, stake