Lefty

Lion

Start on the left side

of the word.

left
 Grapheme
Goldfish

Swim to each grapheme (left

to right) and say each sound.

f i sh
 Blendy
Blue Jay

Blend the sounds together

to read the word.

blend
Syllable
Snake

Split the word

into syllables.

in dex
cl cl

V C C V
 Base Word
Bear

Separate the base word

from any prefixes or suffixes.

re read ing
 Eagle Eye
Fly By

Reread the sentence-

looking closely at each word.
Does it make sense?
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