The Big 5: Key Concepts for Learning to Read

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Generate the sounds for all letters including short vowels and long vowels Blend sounds into recognizable words Decode CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) Words (e.g. map, cat, dog) and VC Words (vowel-consonant) words (e.g. it, at, on, in) Practice distinguishing between words with the short and long sounds (e.g. pin v. pine).

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