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Some of DecodeForge’s cast are still learning. When you teach them, YOU learn it best — catch what they get wrong, then quiz them.
Teach Chip
You be the teacher — Chip is still learning. Helping Chip figure it out is the practice. (Chip's progress stays on this device; nothing is sent anywhere.)
🎓 In a minute you'll be the teacher. Get ready to teach Chip: a big, scary-looking word isn’t read all in one go, letter by letter.
Big words are small chunks stuck together. Split the word into syllables, read each chunk, then blend them.
You've helped them one at a time. The real understanding is how the ideas CONNECT — teach that next.
Digby (digraphs — two letters that make ONE sound (sh, ch, th)) ×Blenda (consonant blends — a cluster where each letter still makes its OWN sound (st, bl, cr))
"ship" starts with "sh" and "stop" starts with "st" — both two letters. Why does Digby take one and Blenda the other?
Digby then says: “"th" in "this" is a blend — I can hear the t and the h.” — is that right?
The link: two consonants either MERGE into one sound (digraph) or STAY two (blend) — listen for the count.
One sound? Digby. Two sounds? Blenda.
Rootley (the root/base that holds the meaning core) ×Fixby (suffixes tacked onto the END — and the spelling-change rule they guard)
Why does "hop" become "hopPED" but "jump" just becomes "jumped"? What is Fixby doing at the seam with Rootley?
Rootley then says: “"run" + "ing" is just "runing" — you never change the root.” — is that right?
The link: a suffix lands on the root's end, and the spelling rule lives right at that seam.
Root first, suffix at the end — and watch the seam.
Capstone — decode "restarting" together
One word, three pieces. Bring in the cast member for each part of "restarting".
The "re-" clipped onto the FRONT. Who owns that?
Who do you bring in?
The "st" cluster in "start" — two sounds you still hear. Who owns that?
Who do you bring in?
The "-ing" tacked onto the END. Who owns that?
Who do you bring in?
The synthesis: prefix on the front, root in the middle, suffix on the end — decode a long word by its pieces, not letter by letter.
