Coach the tricky words
When a reader gets stuck, don't just tell them the word. Prompt: "Look at the first sound. Slide through it. Does that make sense?" Model it once, then let them try. Over time they start coaching themselves.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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