Six-year-old Rachel proudly said she could read the word fish because it looked like the word dish. This child was:
A) decoding by analogy
B) participating in interactive writing
C) sounding out a word
D) applying a phonics generalization

Question

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Decoding by analogy involves using prior knowledge of word families, meanings, or structures to decode unfamiliar words. In this case, Rachel recognized the similarity between the word "fish" and the word "dish" and used that analogy to decode the new word.

Six-Year-Old Rachel Proudly Said She Could Read the Word Fish