{"id":1325,"date":"2024-11-08T14:26:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/?page_id=1325"},"modified":"2024-11-08T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:47:11","slug":"chaining-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/chaining-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaining Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Chaining Practice<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is a chain?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A chain is a list of words that only change by one sound. That one sound might be spelled by one, two, three, or four letters. Here is an example of a chain:<\/p>

mat > met > pet > pit > it > hit > him<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why do we do chaining?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We use chaining exercises at school to build students\u2019 accuracy and automaticity at using the phonetic sound-spelling correspondences they have learned. Chaining helps students focus on the individual sounds that make up a word and how they are spelled.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Where can I find chains to practice with my student at home?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There is a chart of chains at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What materials do we need to do chaining at home?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Chaining can be done with a markerboard and marker, paper and pencil, magnetic letters, or letter cards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How to do Chaining for Reading<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. Write the first word of a chain for the student to see (e.g., mat).<\/li>
  2. Have the student sound out the first word. It is helpful to run their finger under the letters of the word as they do this.<\/li>
  3. Change the one spelling in the first word of the chain so it now spells the second word of the chain (e.g., change the a to e, so the word is now met).<\/li>
  4. Say, \u201cIf that word was (mat), what is this new word?\u201d<\/li>
  5. Help the student sound it out.<\/li>
  6. Ask, \u201cWhat sound makes the new word different from the old word?\u201d
    1. \u201cWhat letter(s) changed?\u201d<\/li>
    2. \u201cSpell the new word out loud.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
    3. Repeat steps 3-5 for each word in the chain. <\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      How to do Chaining for Spelling or Dictation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      1. Have the student write the first word of a chain (mat) by breaking the word into it\u2019s sounds and writing the spelling for each one. For example, \/m\/=m \/a\/=a \/t\/=t.<\/li>\n
      2. Say, \u201cIf this is (mat), show me (met).\u201d (Met in this example is the second word in the chain).<\/li>\n
      3. Provide help as needed for the student to hear which sound changed and then identify how to spell that new sound.<\/li>\n
      4. Ask, \u201cWhich sound changed in the word (mat) to get the word (met).\u201d\n
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        1. \u201cWhat letter(s) changed?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        2. Repeat steps 2-4 to move from the current word to the next word in the chain. <\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          Chart of Chains<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          \n \n \n \n \n <\/colgroup>\n <\/table>\n \n \n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Chaining Practice What is a chain? A chain is a list of words that only change by one sound. That one sound might be spelled by one, two, three, or four letters. Here is an example of a chain: mat > met > pet > pit > it > hit > him Why do we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5476,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}