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  • Phoneme Segmentation and Blending

Quick Look: Segmenting with the Roller Coaster Strategy

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Produced by Reading Universe, a partnership of WETA, Barksdale Reading Institute, and First Book
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Fadia Olrich: So, the roller coaster strategy helps us figure out the sounds in words, especially the middle vowel sound, because sometimes that gets a little tricky, doesn't it? So, we're going to use our roller coaster strategy to help us with those sounds. So, watch this first word. This word is met. Say met. 

Students: Met. 

Ms. Orlich: So, watch what I do. I'm going to start at the bottom of the roller coaster. 

Ms. Orlich and students: /m/, /ĕ/, /t/. Met. 

Ms. Orlich: Good.

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