Coaching Groups: Small, Flexible Groups 
 

1. Put your finger on the unknown word and say all the letters. 

2. Use the letters and picture clues. 

3. Try to pronounce the word by looking to see if it has a spelling pattern that you know.  

4. Keep your finger on the word and read the rest of the sentence to see if what you think the word is would make sense. 

5. If it doesn't make sense, go back to the word in the sentence and try to think what would make sense and would have these letters.