Cycle 104

This is the first task in which students will read multisyllabic words (in a serif font) that are a mix of -VCe pattern words and non-VCe pattern words.

The New Passage in this task contains the word notepad, but it is rendered as two separate words instead of a single compound word.  This is strategic.  Later in the curriculum, after you teach a certain type of -VCe derivative, the word will be rendered as a compound (notepad).  By that time it will be less difficult for students to read it because they will have read note pad several times.  This will help students by providing a gentler “on-ramp” to compound words containing internal -VCe patterns.