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The "Spot and Dot" helps students discover where syllables end and begin. This strategy is more commonly used with early learners developing decoding skills. However, secondary students benefit from these same literacy practices as they continue to encounter new and unfamiliar words.This resource provides a template to create your own Spot & Dots. There is space to add the term, complete the Spot & Dot scaffold, break down the word into its word parts (prefix, suffix, root words), define th