Grade 2 English Language Arts · Level 1, Decode, spell, and read Grade 2 text with increasing automaticity and self-correction.

Map the Regular and Tricky Parts

Notice which parts of a high-frequency word follow expected sound-spelling patterns and which parts must be remembered.

How the lesson starts: Map the Regular and Tricky Parts

Captain Juno's word map
Ahoy! Meet Captain Juno, a gecko pirate. Juno makes maps of words. Most parts of a word are easy land. But one spot may be tricky. Juno marks it with a heart!
Mapping said
Let's map said. The S sounds like the start of sun. The D sounds like the end of bed. Easy! But the A I is not like rain. That's the heart part.
Find the heart in friend
Which part of friend is tricky? F R sounds like the start of frog. N D sounds like the end of hand. But I E does not sound like pie. I E is the heart part!