Be sure your students understand that many prefixes and suffixes have more than one meaning, as in inactive and inroad , and that even when they know the correct meaning of an affix, they might still come up with an incorrect definition. Emphasize the importance of checking a word's context to see if their guessed meaning makes sense. These checklists may be helpful in assessing your students' decoding skills. Have students raise their hands during a second reading when they hear a word that contains a certain sound. After finishing a story, have students review it for compound words.
Shared writing Have students compose a rhyming poem.
Writing aloud Have students think aloud as they predict how a word is spelled. All Rights Reserved. Terms and Conditions of Use .