Tyler’s oral response to “Seven Kisses in a Row” demonstrates multiple weaknesses and strengths. One of Tyler’s weaknesses is that instead of using decoding to figure out the word “spangles” she as an alternative uses a rhyming word to try and understand the meaning. Tyler infers the word ‘spangle’ is close to the word “bangle” due to its rime. She does not try and use clues around the word such as the terms “eat and booties”. One of Tyler’s strengths is that she really understands the inferential meaning of the text. She understands that Emma wants the booties for herself so she “trades them for her pink and blue booties”. On the other hand Tyler does not understand that from the beginning Evelyn wanted to give the booties to Emma as
