Cycle 148

148.1 Letter Combinations

Purpose and Procedure

This task introduces the letter combination ow as in snow.

148.4 Patterns

Purpose and Procedure

This is the first time students are asked to read -VCe pattern words ending in -ment, -ly, -ness, ‑ful, and -less suffixes without the base words being underlined.

148.7 Word Parts

Purpose and Procedure

This task is the first in a series that introduces students to three beginnings (pre-, post-, and re-) and their meanings ("before," "after," and "again"). Students touch and repeat the beginnings after you say them.

Note that in this task, pre- is pronounced /prē/ and re- is pronounced /rē/ (rather than being pronounced with schwa sounds) because they are accented syllables.

The words in this task all begin with pre-.