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How can I help my child be a confident reader?

Unfamiliar Words

Encourage your child to follow the following line of questioning when stumped by an unfamiliar word:

1. What word makes sense in the particular context?
2. How does the word begin? Can you figure out the word?
3. Are there spelling patterns that can help you sound out the word? Now do you know the word?
4. I still can't figure it out. Who will help me?

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