We have been talking a lot about reading strategies this week. When we come to a tricky word, we can use...
Chunky Monkey - look for parts that we know
              examples:
              flower (fl is a blend   ow is a chunk   er is a chunk)
              thermometer (th is a digraph   er is a chunk  mom is a no excuse word  et is a chunk   er is a chunk)
We have been going over "funky chunky" every other day to know our chunks.  See if your child can recite any of their "funky chunky" to you.  On days that we do not go over funky chunky, we go over the blends and digraphs chart.  Although many of us know our blends and digraphs, we do not always use them in our writing. We are trying to become more aware of that!

Skippy frog - read the sentence and skip over the tricky word.  Read to the period and then GO BACK.  Plug in what makes sense AND looks right.
             example: If we didn't know the word barn in the following sentence, we could use the other words                as clues and think about what would make sense.  The barn had cows and sheep.  We may think of              the words farm and barn, but only barn would make sense AND look right.

Flippy dolphin - Flip the vowel sound.  We know the vowels a,e,i,o,and u have 2 sounds: short and long.  If we try one sound and it doesn't sound right, we could try the other vowel sound.  (example: dino or acorn)