Chunks This PowerPoint is made up of prefixes, suffixes, vowel pairs, and digraphs. We use the chunking reading strategy quite often, especially with harder words. It is very helpful for your child to master these chunks to help with reading. The next slide will show a few examples of how we use this strategy.
entertainment customers dictionary Find chunks that you know. Think about what sound the “leftover” letters make. If it’s a vowel, try saying the short sound first. If it doesn’t sound right, try the long sound. Put it all together slowly. Then, say it fast.
a- annoyed
ab- absorb
ad- adverb
com- command
con- conversation
dis- dislike
em- embarrassed
ex- exit
im- improve
in- into
mis- mislead
ob- object
out- outside
over- overheard
per- person
post- postage
pre- preview
pro- provide
re- redo
super- superhero
trans- transformers
un- unlike
under- understand
with- without
non- nonfiction
tri- triangle
auto- automobile
sur- surprise
qu- quiet
wh- wheel
kn- knee
wr- write
-ir bird
-ture picture
-ur nurse
-or horse
-able believable
-ant merchant
-ar car
-dom freedom
busted tried jumped -ed
-en enter
-ent entertain
-age bandage
-er flower
-es beaches
-ess hostess
-est biggest
-ful thankful
-hood childhood
-ic music
-ing walking
-ion onion
-ious curious
-ish ticklish
-less wireless
-ly likely
-ment installment
-ness likeness
-ous famous
-s cats
-th thumb feather
-tion nation
-ty county
-ure tenure
-y baby
-ition petition
-ance allowance
-ible responsible
-ior behavior
-sion vision
-cle circle
-cial special
-cious spacious
-cian musician
-ight light
-aw paw
-au August
-aught caught
-igh sigh
-alk walk
-eigh sleigh
-ought thought
ew screw
-ui fruit
oi oil
house soup would ou
oo moon book
oy boy
ow owl snow
ound hound
-ation vacation
-ry angry
-ism realism
-tude attitude
-ual continual
-ue blue statue
-ch chair
-ck sock
-ph phone
-ee cheese
-ay hay
-ea eat bread
-ai rain
-oa boat 107