Word Attack Strategies
Strategies for Figuring Out Words
Does it look right?
Does it sound right?
Monitoring your Reading:
Strategies for Figuring Out Words
- Look at the pictures. Do they help?
- Skip the word, read to the end of the sentence. Then come back to the word. How does what you’ve read help you with figuring out the word?
Does it look right?
- Look at the beginning letter(s). Start the sentence over, making your mouth ready to say the word.
- Look through the word to the end. What sound do you see in the middle? At the end?
- Look for spelling patterns you recognize.
- Look for smaller words within the word.
- Think of where you may have seen the word before.
Does it sound right?
- Do we say it that way? For example, "He goes to school." or "He go to school."
Monitoring your Reading:
- Think of what word would make sense, sound right, and look right - match the letters.
- Listen to whether what you're reading makes sense and matches the letters. Reread and correct it if it doesn’t.