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Grade 1 English Language Arts · Level 2, Decode Automatically and Read Smoothly

Decode Two-Syllable Words

Break two-syllable words into manageable chunks and blend them back together.

How the lesson starts: Decode Two-Syllable Words

  1. All aboard with Tula!

    Hi friend! Meet Tula. Tula is a penguin who drives a train. Each train car holds one word part. Hook the cars together. You get a word! All aboard!

  2. Hook two cars

    Look. The first car says sun. The next car says set. Sun, set. Sunset! Tula hooks more cars. Rab, bit. Rabbit! Read each part. Then blend them fast.

  3. Let's build muffin

    Tula hears muffin. Her cars say muf, fin and ten. Say muffin slowly. Muf. That's car one. Fin. That's car two. Muf, fin. Muffin! The ten car is extra. Leave it at the station!