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Look at rabbit
- rab-bit
Rabbit is a long word.
Read it in two parts: rab and bit.
Get Ready
Read a long word one part at a time.
Words to know
- syllableOne part of a word. Clap once for each part.
Learn It
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Clap the parts
- fan-tas-tic
Say fantastic. Clap once for each part.
Three claps. Three parts: fan, tas, tic.
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Two letters in the middle
- bas-ket
- nap-kin
Look at basket. Find the s and the k.
Split between them: bas-ket.
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Count what you hear
- boat
- be-low
Boat has two vowels, but you hear one sound.
So boat has one part. Be-low has two.
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Try the other way
- rob-in
Try ro-bin. That is not a word you know.
Move the split: rob-in. It is a robin!
Your Turn
Answer each question in the yellow box.
Question 1 of 8
How many parts are in fantastic?
Question 2 of 8
Ro-bin is not a word you know. Which split is right?
Question 3 of 8
Clap picnic. How many parts?
Question 4 of 8
How many parts are in rabbit?
Question 5 of 8
Where does napkin split?
Question 6 of 8
How many parts are in boat?
Question 7 of 8
Which word has three parts?
Question 8 of 8
How would you split basket?
What You Learned
- Read a long word in parts.
- Clap once for each part.
- Two letters in the middle? Split between them.
- Not a word? Move the split.
For the grown-up
Sounding out letter by letter breaks down on long words: by the ninth letter of fantastic the first has gone. Syllables cut the load to three pieces.
Every syllable has one vowel sound. With two consonants between vowels, split between them (rab-bit). With one, try after the vowel first (ro-bot); if that makes a non-word, move the split (rob-in).
At home, clap long words from a book together before reading them.