2 Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author university professor and former classroom teacher She's currently the Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Resource Center at San Diego State University She loves science-fiction stories She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs
4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Break It Down Test It Out Blood Circulation Put It Together 5 6 22 Glossary 23 Index 23 3
4 BREAK IT DOWN 1 DECODE IT Look at each letter Look at letter patterns Blend sounds Try other possible sounds 2 BUILD VOCABULARY Listen to the word Match the sounds to a word you know Look for context clues for words you don't know Look up the meaning in a glossary or dictionary 3 MAKE CONNECTIONS Name other examples Draw the idea Compare ideas Ask questions
TEST IT OUT WORDS YOU'LL LEARN Look over the list of vocabulary words Are there any you already know arteries capillaries circulatory GET STARTED veins vessels Many unstressed syllables with a vowel r say er Look at the letters Chunk long words to read them Keep vowels r together Try different r sounds such as ar air or er The word capillaries has 4 syllables The 3rd syllable has a vowel r It is pronounced CAP-uh-lair-eez The 1st vowel is a short a cap The 2nd vowel sound says uh uh The 3rd vowel says air lair The 4th vowel is a long e eez 5
