Have the child:

♥ look at pictures for clues

♥ point to the words

♥ look at the letters

♥ get their mouth ready

♥ look for familiar parts in the word (smaller words, spelling rules, or word family parts)

♥ see if it looks like a word they have seen before

Once they think they know the word have them:

♥ reread the sentence

♥ see if the word sounds right

♥ see if the word makes sense in the sentence