# Cycle 172

## 172.1 Letter Combinations

#### Purpose and Procedure

This task requires students to read words that contain the minor *ea* sound without being asked to identify the letter combination or its sound before reading the word.

## 172.4 Patterns

#### Purpose and Procedure

Students read derivatives of -VC and -VCe base words with the vowel underlined, but this time you do not guide them to notice whether there is a single or double letter after the vowel. If they make an error, follow the correction text to guide them through that process.

#### Correcting the Student

<mark style="color:purple;">❖</mark>  If the student makes an error, use these prompts to guide them:

a. <mark style="color:purple;">Point to the underlined letter…</mark>

b. <mark style="color:purple;">Does a single letter or a double letter come after it?…</mark>

c. <mark style="color:purple;">So should you read this letter’s name or the sound that it usually makes?…</mark>

d. <mark style="color:purple;">And what does that sound like?…</mark>

e. <mark style="color:purple;">Try the whole word again…</mark>