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 Growing Bones Put It Together Glossary Index 5 6 22 23 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 cartilage collagen connective flexible protein skeletal tissues GET STARTED Suffixes are word parts They are added to the end of a word Some change a word's part of speech Look at the letters Chunk long words to read them Look for familiar suffixes The word skeletal has 3 syllables It has a suffix It is pronounced SKEL-uh-tuhl The 1st vowel is a short e skel The 2nd vowel sound says uh uh The 3rd vowel sound says uh tuhl 5
