Decoding Words

I really enjoyed reading about the “Making Words” Lesson. If planned correctly, this could be a great, fun way for children to learn many words, including “word families”. 

The school I am currently in requires a CARE lesson every morning in which the children decode words and write them down. It is such a boring and long task. It would definitely make the CARE lessons a little bit more fun if the children were able to make their own words by using their own manipulatives.

The children do use their fingers to decode words by putting up a finger each time hear a sound in the word. This seems to work well to make sure that each letter is recognized and written down to form the words.

This is a picture of a bunch of different decoding strategies that children can use to figure out words. I love that it gives so many options for children to try. This would be great to have up in the classroom as a constant reminder to the children of all the different ways they can figure out the words by themselves.

Do you have any decoding strategies that are not on here?

If you know what CARE is, do you have any good ways to make it more fun for the children?