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Join word parts
Learning goal: Listen with a helper, join familiar word parts, and take a whole word apart again.
Before you start: Work with a helper who reads the directions and choices aloud. Explain unfamiliar words first. Independent reading is not required.
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Join Word Parts - Practice 1
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1. Two words can join
Video: 0:00
Listen to two little words. Sun. Shine. Now put them together: sunshine. We can join these two words to make one longer word. Ask a helper to say the two parts, leave a little space, and then say the whole word. You can listen and try it too. You do not need to read the words yet.
2. A word you can eat
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Here are two more words. Cup. Cake. Put them together: cupcake. A cupcake is a small cake. It is not a cup that learned to bake! Say cup, then cake. Now say cupcake smoothly. Your helper can say it with you first. Then try it again. We are joining whole words, not naming each letter.
3. Keep both parts
Video: 0:54
Listen carefully. Rain. Coat. Join them: raincoat. If we say just rain, we have missed the second part. If we say just coat, we have missed the first part. Let your helper say both parts again. Listen, then join them. A raincoat is a coat for rainy weather. Thinking about the meaning helps too.
4. Take it apart again
Video: 1:22
Now we can go the other way. Say the whole word raincoat. What two little words can you hear inside it? Rain and coat. Your helper can model the two parts, then let you try. Today we chose words with two familiar word parts. Not every long word splits into two words that make sense by themselves.
5. Pause and join
Video: 1:47
Pause here for a new try. Ask your helper to say back, then pack, with a little space between them. What word do they make when you join them? Say your word, or ask your helper to offer choices you can point to. Think about something you might carry on your back. Take as much time as you need.
6. Check the new word
Video: 2:09
Back and pack make backpack. We kept both parts, in the same order. A backpack is a bag you carry on your back. If you said only one part, listen to both again. Back. Pack. Backpack. Now try saying the parts for your helper to join. You get to be the word teacher for a moment.
7. A word can travel
Video: 2:35
Fun fact: the word sun can help make more than one longer word. Sun and shine make sunshine. Sun and light make sunlight. We kept sun, but changed its partner. Say both whole words with your helper. Listen for the part that stayed the same. You can play with familiar word parts without writing a single letter.
8. Try the worksheet
Video: 3:00
Continue to the worksheet below. Ask a helper to read the word parts and the choices aloud. Try joining the spoken parts before looking at the choices. The questions check which written words join together. They cannot hear your speech or tell how smoothly you read. Your helper can listen and encourage another try. A second practice sheet has different words.
Show your understanding
You can point, explain aloud, draw or write.
- Join two familiar spoken word parts in order, then try taking the whole word apart with your helper.
- Compare word combinations on the worksheet. Checked answers do not assess speech or reading fluency; a helper listens to the spoken practice.
Try it yourself
Pause at back and pack. Join the spoken parts with a helper before looking at the answer.
Continue to the worksheet. A helper reads the prompts; checked answers do not measure speech or reading fluency.
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