# Cycle 153

## 153.1 Letter Combinations

#### Purpose and Procedure

This task requires students to read simple words containing the *wr* letter combination after they identify the letter combination and its sound.

## 153.4 Patterns

#### Purpose and Procedure

This task illustrates that the silent *e* at the end of -VCe pattern words disappears when that base word takes a suffix beginning with a vowel.

#### Correcting the Student

The following is the correction text to use if a student struggles with saying a base word with an ending added to it in this task \[example word: *saver*]:

<mark style="color:purple;">❖</mark>  If a student struggles to read the word with the ending, point to *save*, and say: <mark style="color:purple;">What is this word?…</mark> Then point to *-er*, and say: <mark style="color:purple;">What is this ending?…</mark> Then point to *saver*, and say: <mark style="color:purple;">So what word is this?…</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">❖</mark>  If the student still struggles to read the word with the ending, say: <mark style="color:purple;">This word is</mark> <mark style="color:purple;"></mark>*<mark style="color:purple;">saver</mark>*<mark style="color:purple;">. What word is it?…</mark>

## 153.7 Word Parts

#### Purpose and Procedure

This task is the first in a series that introduces students to three endings (*-s*, *-es*, and *-'s*) and their meanings (the first two indicate plurals or verb conjugations; the last indicates possession)*.*&#x20;

The words in this cycle are all plurals ending with *-s* or *-es.*&#x20;


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