Accuracy
Try a different sound
Readers use their knowledge of letter sounds to decode words. When one sound doesn’t work, trying another sound that letter represents can help to decode the word.
Readers use their knowledge of letter sounds to decode words. When one sound doesn’t work, trying another sound that letter represents can help to decode the word.
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