Cycle 97

97.1 Letter Combinations

Purpose and Procedure

This task introduces the letter combination -ey as in money.

97.2 Review

Purpose and Procedure

This task introduces capital letters that look only somewhat like their lowercase versions.

97.3 Patterns - VCe

Purpose and Procedure

This is the first task in which students read minimally different pairs of CVC and CVCe pattern words in a serif font without you guiding them to identify the correct vowel sound in each word.

Correcting the Student

The following is the correction text to use if a student makes a mistake in this type of Patterns -VCe task:

❖ If the student makes an error, use these prompts to guide them:

a. Does this word have an e at the end?…

b. So, should we read this letter’s name or the sound that it usually makes?…

c. So, what sound should we read when we get here?…

d. Try the whole word again…

e. My turn to read it slowly… Let’s read it slowly together… Your turn to read it slowly…