Good readers can use chunks or small words inside big words to figure out unknown words. By chunking a word, you can use the parts you do know to help you figure out the parts you do not know. Chunky Monkey allows you to break down the word into chunks or word parts that you already know. You can use your knowledge of word families to help read harder words!
Example:
Read the sentence “I sit on the chair.”
In the word “sit”, you might say, “I know the word chunk /it/.
Then add in the beginning sound /s/ to the chunk /it/
Together makes the word sit!
Let’s Practice!
Try and find the chunks that are in these words!
You can print out these worksheets here and here
Watch this Voicethread to continue to practice Chunky Monkey while reading!
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