Transcript HIGHLANDS SCHOOL DISTRICT WELCOMES YOU TO …

Word Building With the Reading
Achievement Center
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RAC is a word building strategy.
Students manipulate letter cards to
build 3-letter words.
One letter is changed to create a
new word.
This strategy strengthens skills
necessary for success with
reading and writing.
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Step 1- Word Building
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On the following slides, you will see a
sample of how one letter is changed
to create a new word.
The children manipulate student
letter cards as the teacher models
with large letter cards.
This is called encoding.
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Step 2-Quick Read
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The children will then blend the
letters as the teacher changes the
word cards to create words. This is
called decoding.
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Step 3-Speed Round
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The children will create the words as
with their letter cards as the
teacher says each word (encoding).
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Step 4-We Will Write!
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The children will write the words that
they just practiced building as the
teacher says each word (encoding).
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Step 5-We Will Read!
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The children will read in small groups. They
will use books that focus on the Everyday
Sight Words and word building patterns that
have been introduced (decoding). The goal
is to read for “fluency,” which means to read
smoothly.