Wilson Reading System: Step 4

Essential Questions:

  • What is the importance of reading?

  • What are the qualities of a good reader?

Common Core Standards:

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.3 Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.3a Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

Step 4 Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable

4.1 I can read and spell vowel-consonant-e syllable in one-syllable words (hope, cave); and common v-e Latin-base element (-clude, -fuse, etc.)

4.2 I can read and spell vowel-consonant-e syllable combined with closed syllables in two-syllable words (sunshine, reptile); taught prefixes added to stand-alone v-e simple words (unsafe, midsize); and prefixes added to v-e Latin-base elements to form complex words (conclude, compose)

4.3 I can read and spell multisyllabic words combining two syllable types (demonstrate, contribute); prefix added to complex words with closed and v-e syllables (unconfuse, misadvise).

4.4 I can read and spell vowel-consonant-e exception ive (olive); -ive suffix (objective), and e added (dense, twelve).