Reading Strategy

Follow these steps to read a word.

• 1 Look for a pattern of letters.

  

  These two vowels make one sound: long u.

  These three letters make one sound: long i.

• 2 Start at the beginning. Blend the sounds in your head. Then say the word.

  

Reading Practice

Look for a pattern to read these words.

• 1. lights

• 2. suit

• 3. blue

• 4. tie

• 5. Sue

• 6. high

Use what you learned to read the sentences.

• 7. Sue fixes street lights between 6 and 9 at night.

• 8. One night, she did not tie her safety belt.

• 9. The belt opened. Sue almost fell from a high pole!

• 10. Her blue suit got stuck on the pole. That saved her life.

• 11. “I might die if I don’t tie my belt right,” Sue said.

Spelling Practice

12.–16. Now write the sentences that your teacher reads.

Word Work

17. Write each of these words on a card.

tie	high	true	sight	fried	right	clue
pie	fruit	blue	die	sigh	suit	glue

Say each word. Sort the words by vowel sound. Make 2 groups.

18. Then put the words with the same vowel sound and spelling together. Make 4 groups. What do you notice?

Example

• 18.

  

  You can spell long i more than one way.