You may have noticed in the decodable stories sent home on Mondays they are repetitive. These are known as predictable sentences. This basically means the sentences are the same except for one or two words. Sometimes children learn to memorize these stories; therefore, they have difficulty when the words are in a different place. One way to increase word knowledge and understanding is by writing the sentence on a strip of paper. Once you write the sentence give it to your child and have them read it aloud. Once they read the sentence, your child should cut the sentence up. Finally have your child try to put the sentence back together. You can also make up another sentence using the words and have them recreate another sentence. You can also try to "trick" your child by placing a word, which does not fit and have them try to figure out the word which needs to be thrown away. Here is a clip of one reading group completing this activity in the classroom:
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