Decoding

2.1

Words within words

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?

How many “at” words can you make?

How many “all” words can you make?

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?

Compound WordsSome + thing = Something

Base + ball = Baseball

Can you think of any other compound words?

How can the small words

help?

MillimeterWhat small words can you see in this larger one?

Mill

Meter

When we put them together with the ‘i’ in the middle it becomes…

Mill—i–meter

Group Work

Dictionary Challenge

Words that can be found in the beginning story

Mansion = Man Extraordinary = Extra

Automotive = Auto Catatonic = Cat

Ponder = Pond Alteration = alter

Centennial = Cent Capitol = Cap

Substitute = Sub Contest = Test

Submarine = Sub Unusual = Usual

Millimeter = Meter Something = Some

Something = Thing

2.2

Sound it

out

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.

unk

ink

at

Think Back

Remember

onk unk ung ong ing ang

ck ink all am an ank

wh th ch a b c

d e f g h i

j k l m n o

p q r s t u

v w x y z ph

sh oo ow ai ei ie

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

Ck wh ch ph sh

Oo ow ai ei ie

It 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.

Where are the digraphs?Boat White Team

Sharing Chicken Chocolate

Thumb Whale Thunder

Chain Phone Glow

Sherry Queen Rain

What is a welded sound?

Welded sounds happen when letters come together and form the same sound each time, no matter what other letters

are around.

unk ank ink an am

ong ing ung all at

When we see welded sounds, we draw a box around them.

Find the welded sounds

Fan Slam Young

Sling Sing Spank

Small Think Fall

Honk Bank Spam

Flung Hank Long

Base words and suffixesBase words are words in there simplest form

Suffixes are added to the end of the word

Thankful

Thank + ful = Thankful

Find the base words and suffixes

Loudly Geniuses Careful

Hardest Joining Skated

Practiced Quicker Playful

Saddest Floating Taller

Greater Richest Lightly

Blending Sounds

Share what you know

Think Back

a /ă/

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.

Some letters don’t like to stretch

b d t k g p

And the digraph “ch”

Let’s try them and see

Let’s Stretcheeeeeeee llllllllllll fffffffff

eeee llll ffff

ee ll ff

elf

Stretch Some More

FFFFFFF rrrrrrr eeeeee d

FFF rrr eee d

FF rr ee d

Fred

Let’s think of some more

Group Work

The End