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LETRS
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LETRS Scope and Sequence
Based on Louisa C. Moats and Carol A. Tolman		Just Right Reader Library
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Consistent Phoneme-Grapheme Correspondences
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Predictable consonants: m, s, t, l; p, f, c (/k/)n; b, r, j, k; v, g (/g/)w, d; h, y, z, xLetter Books (26 letters) _ is for _ (26 letters)
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Predictable short vowels: /a˘/, /ı˘/, /o˘/, /u˘/, /e˘/ spelled with a, i, o, u, eShort Vowel Books: Cat, Map, and Pan, Bed, Web and Jet, Pig, Lid and Bib, Log, Dog and Pot, Cup, Bus and Nut, Cab and Bag, A Short a Book, Pig and Wig, Fox and Box, Bus and Tub, Vet and Jet, All word Books: Mat, Sam, Fin, Cot, On, Hot, Dog, Fog, Hit, Pet, Bug, Jam PreK Decodables: In, Pop Ten, Rex Can, Zap, Yes!, On a Jet, Set 6: Abs!, Ads! Ads! Ads!, The Cans, Ham and Yams, Mad at Max, My Map, Laps, Pat Cat and Max, Pat Cat and Rat Sat, Rad Max, Set 7: I Call Dibs, I Do It, Fins On, Tag, In the Bag, My Dad, The Big Sip, Tiz the Pig, Will Tim Quit?, Win It, Set 8: No Mops!, Pop, Pop Its, The Hot Dogs, Boxes, Fox on Top, Hot Rod, Hot Socks, Mom on a Jog, Set 9: Bud the Bulldog, Can You Pop Gum?, Gus and Jud, Hugs for Liv, No Luck, Duck?, Pop Rocks!, Putt Putt Jud, The Big Cut, The Gum Hut, Set 10: A Bed for Bug, Get Wet, Hats!, No Red for Ben, PJ Fun, Ted and Tess T-Rex, The Jet Pack, The Stuffies, To D.C., Up We Go, Zap Has a Job, All for Fun
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Long vowel sounds associated with single letters a, e, i, o, u; open syllables in one-syllable words Set 8: No Mops!, Pop, Pop Its, The Hot Dogs, Set 9: Bud the Bulldog, Can You Pop Gum?, Gus and Jud, Hugs for Liv, No Luck, Duck?, Pop Rocks!, Putt Putt Jud, The Big Cut, The Gum Hut, Set 10: A Bed for Bug, Get Wet, Hats!, No Red for Ben, PJ Fun, Ted and Tess T-Rex, The Jet Pack, The Stuffies, To D.C., Up We Go, Zap Has a Job, All for Fun
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Consonant digraphs: sh, ch, wh, th, ngSet 11-15 sh: Cass and the Wish, The Shake Shop Cash, The Shell th: Dan the Ninja and the Dog, ch: The Treasure Map, Check on the Chickens, Chips, My Pet Chad, ng: Snow Day for Enzo, Ing and Bing, King is the Man, Spring, Where is My Ring?, The Pop up Shop, wh: Bars, Beams, Rings, and Mats; Dan the Ninja and the Whale, Lunch at the Wharf, The Math Whizzes
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Two-consonant blends: qu, st, sm, sn, -st, -ft, -lp; sr, sl, cr, cl, tr, dr, etc.qu: Letter books, __ is for ___
S-Blends - Set 17: Where is Dan the Ninja, Jen and Spud, Dan the Ninja on the Spot, Sid's Dog Chip
R-Blends - Set 18: The Sled Path, Brad's Dog, Fix It, In the Shed, Dan the Ninja and the Hamster, The Bug Trap, The Grill
L-Blends - Set 16: Bill and Todd's Jog, Pat Cat and Max and the Bug, Playing Tag, The Missing Tooth Club
nd/nk/nt ending blends - Set 21: Funfair, Punk Rock Skunk, The Drip in the Sink
st/ft/ct/pt ending blends - Set 22: Pop Golfs, Matching, Mittens at the Vet
lt lk - Set 23
ending blends: The Fast Crab, Sidewalk Chalk
ld lf lp ending blends - Set 24: Trash Day, I Can Help
sk/mp ending blends - Set 25: Where is the Milk?, At Camp, Bev's Trek; Bugs, Bugs, Bugs, Camping
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Three-consonant blends and blends with digraphs: squ, str,
scr, thr, shr		Introduced in their corresponding two-consonant blend book
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Variable, More Challenging Phoneme-Grapheme Correspondences
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Single consonants: /s/ = c, s; /z/ = s, z; /k/ = k, c, -ck after a short vowel; /g/ = j, gSoft g and c - Set 46: A New Job for Geoff, Cecilia's Success, Coconut Cake, Fancy Giant Tea Party, Ginny's Escape, Shamika Loves Saturdays, The Race, Welcome to the City of Mages
Two sounds of s - Set 6: Abs!, Ads! Ads! Ads!, The Cans, Ham and Yams, Mad at Max, My Map, Laps, Pat Cat and Max, Pat Cat and Rat Sat, Rad Max Set 7: I Call Dibs, I Do It, Fins On, Tag, In the Bag, )My Dad, The Big Sip, Tiz the Pig, Will Tim Quit??, Win It Set 8: Boxes, Fox on Top, Hot Rod, Hot Socks, Mom on a Jog
CK digraphs - Set 5
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Hard and soft c and g alternation, across a larger body of wordsSoft g and c - Set 46: A New Job for Geoff, Cecilia's Success, Coconut Cake, Fancy Giant Tea Party, Ginny's Escape, Shamika Loves Saturdays, The Race, Welcome to the City of Mages
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Final consonant blends with nasals: nt, nd, mp, nknt/nd/nk - Set 21: Funfair, Punk Rock Skunk, The Drip in the Sink) mp set 25 (Where is the Milk?, At Camp, Bev's Trek; Bugs, Bugs, Bugs, Camping
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VCe long vowel pattern in single-syllable wordsSet 26-30: Cake Lane, Kayla Skates, Let's Bake a Cake, Running Late, Sid and Kim Play a Game, The Big Escape, The Brave Save, Bath Time, A Kite to Fly, Kat's Fun Day, My Slime is Alive, Parkour, The Bus Ride, A Vote for Hope, Finding Fossils, Fishing Day, S'mores, The Best Pet, Time to Pose, Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes, All Gummed Up, Being Kind, Icarus and the Robot, Online, Stone Cove, Class Race, The Rope Zone, Silver Skates

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Vowel teams for long vowel sounds, most common: ee, ea; ai, ay; oa, ow, oe; ighSet 36: The Birthday Gift, Let's Plant Seeds, Mac and Cheese, The Boat Ride, Camp Pranks, The Weeds, Set 37:A Feast with Kat, Candy, Kat and Flamingo at the Beach, Mighty Jean, Sharks, Sharks, Sharks, Will and the Green Coachman, A Real Knight, Hailee and Her Birds, Olivia and the Sunflower Seeds, Set 38: By the Sea, Gia Goes to the Fair, Hair, I Love My Hair, Max's New Car, Plop's New Look, Tea for Tug and Jayla, The Abstract Artist, Set 39: The Doe, The Hike, Set 40: Chasing a Newt, Happy Birthday, Enzo!, Super Skate Crew, The Missing Things, Skye's Idea, Set 41: Kat's Book, Moonlight, One Day, Owls, Tyler is an Author, What to Do with a Dinosaur, Set 42: The Noisy Toy, Set 43: A Doctor in the House, Gia Goes to the Zoo, Kat and Flamingo Have a Snow Day, Lost and Found, Our New House, Sir Richard and the Dragon, The Fort, The Iron Lady, The Museum, The Power of Eight, We Can't Sleep, Set 44: Gia's Garden, Market Day, The Riding Lesson, Too Much Snow, Set 45:A Moonlit Lark, A Mural of Hope, A Trip to the Movies, Charlie and His Hoodie, Grandmother's Wish, The Missing Locket, The Pie, The Spy League
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Vowel-r combinations, single syllables: er, ar, or, ir, urAR Set 31: Cam's Cars, Into a Book, Kat and Flamingo at the Park, Dan the Ninja,the Star, The Crow
OR Set 32: Gia's Homework, Honor Roll, The Corn Maze, The Unicorn House, ER Set 33, IR/UR: 3D Printer Panic, Disaster, Down the River, Letter from Camp, Born to Surf, Glitter Bird's Chirp, The Trapeze Artist
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Digraphs ph (/f/)gh (/f/)ch (/k/ and /sh/)Complex CH Set 46: A New Job for Geoff, Cecilia's Success, Coconut Cakes, Fancy Giant Tea Party, Ginny's Escape, Shamika Loves Saturdays, The Race, Welcome to the City of Mages, PH Set 35: Phil in Egypt, Sophia's Birthday, The Reporter, The Travel Vlog
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Trigraphs -tch (/ch/)-dge (/j/)tch Set 13: The Treasure Map, Check on the Chickens, Chips, My Pet Chad
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Other vowel-r combinations: are, air, our, ore, ear, eer, ure, etc.AR Set 31: Cam's Cars, Into a Book, Kat and Flamingo at the Park, Dan the Ninja,the Star, The Crow)

OR Set 32: Gia's Homework, Honor Roll, The Corn Maze, The Unicorn House

ER Set 33, IR/UR: 3D Printer Panic, Disaster, Down the River, Letter from Camp, Born to Surf, Glitter Bird's Chirp, The Trapeze Artist
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Diphthongs and vowels /aw/ and /oo/: oi, oy; ou, ow; au, aw; oo, uSet 36: The Birthday Gift, Let's Plant Seeds, Mac and Cheese, The Boat Ride, Camp Pranks, The Weeds, Set 37: A Feast with Kat, Candy, Kat and Flamingo at the Beach, Mighty Jean, Sharks, Sharks, Sharks, Will and the Green Coachman, A Real Knight, Hailee and Her Birds, Olivia and the Sunflower Seeds, Set 38: By the Sea, Gia Goes to the Fair, Hair, I Love My Hair, Max's New Car, Plop's New Look, Tea for Tug and Jayla, The Abstract Artist, Set 39: The Doe, The Hike, Set 40: Chasing a Newt, Happy Birthday, Enzo!, Super Skate Crew, The Missing Things, Skye's Idea, Set 41: Kat's Book, Moonlight, One Day, Owls, Tyler is an Author, What to Do with a Dinosaur, Set 42: The Noisy Toy, Set 43: A Doctor in the House, Gia Goes to the Zoo, Kat and Flamingo Have a Snow Day, Lost and Found, Our New House, Sir Richard and the Dragon, The Fort, The Iron Lady, The Museum, The Power of Eight, We Can't Sleep, Set 44: Gia's Garden, Market Day, The Riding Lesson, Too Much Snow, Set 45: A Moonlit Lark, A Mural of Hope, A Trip to the Movies, Charlie and His Hoodie, Grandmother's Wish, The Missing Locket, The Pie, The Spy League,
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All jobs of y (as consonant /y/; as /ıˉ/ on ends of one-syllable words like cry; as /eˉ/ on ends of multisyllabic words like baby; as /ı˘/ in a few words like gym, myth)Set 35: Phil in Egypt, Sophia's Birthday, The Reporter, The Travel Vlog)
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Silent letter combinations, Anglo-Saxon wordsnone
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The -ild, -ost, -old, -olt, -ind patternWhere is the Milk?, Huck's Epic Trip, Being Kind, Chasing a Newt, Funfair, Trash Day, The Fast Crab, Drip in the Sink, Punk Rock Skunk
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Irregular spellings of high-frequency wordsIntroduced throughout our HFW continuum
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Closed: short vowel ending with consonantSet 6: Abs!, Ads! Ads! Ads!, The Cans, Ham and Yams, Mad at Max, My Map, Laps, Pat Cat and Max, Pat Cat and Rat Sat, Rad Max, Set 7: I Call Dibs, I Do It, Fins On, Tag, In the Bag, My Dad, The Big Sip, Tiz the Pig, Will Tim Quit?, Win It, Set 8: Boxes, Fox on Top, Hot Rod, Hot Socks, Mom on a Jog, No Mops!, Pop, Pop Its, The Hot Dogs, Set 9: Bud the Bulldog, Can You Pop Gum?, Gus and Jud, Hugs for Liv, No Luck, Duck?, Pop Rocks!, Putt Putt Jud, The Big Cut, The Gum Hut, Set 10: A Bed for Bug, Get Wet, Hats!, No Red for Ben, PJ Fun, Ted and Tess T-Rex, The Jet Pack, The Stuffies, To D.C., Up We Go, Zap Has a Job, All for Fun
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Open: long vowel, no consonant endingSet 11: Cass and the Wish, The Shake Shop Cash, The Shell, Set 12: Dan the Ninja and the Dog, I Will Go Pro, The Treasure Map, Set 13: Check on the Chickens, Chips, My Pet Chad, Snow Day for Enzo, Set 14: Ing and Bing, King is the Man!, Spring, Where is My Ring?, The Pop-Up Shop, Set 15: Bars, Beams, Rings and Mats, Dan the Ninja and the Whale, Lunch at the Wharf, The Math Whizzes
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Vowel-consonant-e (VCe)long vowel soundSet 26-30: Cake Lane, Kayla Skates, Let's Bake a Cake, Running Late, Sid and Kim Play a Game, The Big Escape, The Brave Save, Bath Time, A Kite to Fly, Kat's Fun Day, My Slime Is Alive, Parkour, The Bus Ride, A Vote for Hope, Finding Fossils, Fishing Day, S'mores, The Best Pet, Time to Pose, Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes, All Gummed Up, Being Kind, Icarus and the Robot, Online, Stone Cove, Class Race, The Rope Zone, Silver Skates
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Vowel-r combinationsAR Set 31: Cam's Cars, Into a Book, Kat and Flamingo at the Park, Dan the Ninja,the Star, The Crow

OR Set 32: Gia's Homework, Honor Roll, The Corn Maze, The Unicorn House)

ER Set 33, IR/UR: 3D Printer Panic, Disaster, Down the River, Letter from Camp, Born to Surf, Glitter Bird's Chirp, The Trapeze Artist
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Vowel teams: long, short, and diphthong vowelsSet 36-45: Beep Beep, Let's Plant Seeds, Mac and Cheese, The Boat Ride, Camp Pranks, The Weeds, A Feast with Kat, Candy, Kat and Flamingo at the Beach, Mighty Jean, Sharks Sharks Sharks, Will and the Green Coachman, A Real Knight, Hailee and Her Birds, Olivia and the Sunflower Seeds, By the Sea, Gia Goes to the Fair, Hair, I Love My Hair, Max's New Car, Plop's New Look, Tea for Tug and Jayla, The Abstract Artist, The Doe, The Hike, Chasing a Newt, Happy Birthday Enzo, Super Skate Crew, The Missing Things, Skye's Idea, Kat's Book, Moonlight, One Day, Owls, Tyler is an Author, What to Do with a Dinosaur, The Noisy Toy, A Doctor in the House, Gia Goes to the Zoo, Kat and Flamingo Have a Snow Day, Lost and Found, Our New House, Sir Richard and the Dragon, The Fort, The Iron Lady, The Museum, The Power of Eight, We Can't Sleep, Gia's Garden, Market Day, The Riding Lesson, Too Much Snow, A Moonlit Lark, A Mural of Hope, A Trip to the Movie, Charlie and His Hoodie, Grandmother's Wish, The Missing Locket, The Pie, Quest for the Missing Statue)



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Consonant-le (Cle)final syllablesSet 48-50: Ballet Class, Escaping the Temple, The New Dress, Kat Likes to Play, Lizzie's Waddle, The Cookie Crumbles, Puffles, Fiddler in the Puddle, Noodle the Bugle, Not Just Lunch, Penny's Toys, The Giggle Club, The Piano Problem, The Slime Monster, At the Gym, Mr. Pickle, No Power, Not Just a Painting, The Miracle Chef)
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Multisyllabic word construction and division principles: VC/CV,
V/CV, VC/V, CV/VC		Set 43: We Can't Sleep, The Power of Eight, The Museum)
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Oddities and schwaThe Fast Crab, Mittens at the Vet
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Orthographic Rules and Generalizations
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No word ends in v or jThe Museum, The Power of Eight, We Can't Sleep
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Floss rule (f, l, s doubling)SS Set 7: My Dad, The Big Sip, Will Tim Quit?, Set 8: Boxes, No Mops, Pop Its, The Hot Dogs

LL and ZZ Set 7: I Call Dibs, I Do It, Fins On, Tag, In the Bag, My Dad, The Big Sip, Tiz the Pig, Will Tim Quit?, Win It, Hot Socks, Mom on a Jog, Pop, The Hot Dogs
FF Set 8: Fox on Top, I Do It
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Consonant doubling rule for suffix additionSet 26-30: Cake Land, Kayla Skates, Let's Bake a Cake, Running Late, Sid and Kim Play a Game, The Big Escape, The Brave Save, Bath Time, A Kite to Fly, Kat's Fun Day, My Slime is Alive, Parkour, The Bus Ride, A Vote for Hope, Finding Fossils, Fishing Day, S'mores, The Best Pet, Time to Pose, Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes, All Gummed Up, Being Kind, Icarus and the Robot, Online, Stone Cove, The Class Race, The Rope Zone, The Skate Race
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Drop silent e for suffix additionSet 26-30: Cake Land, Kayla Skates, Let's Bake a Cake, Running Late, Sid and Kim Play a Game, The Big Escape, The Brave Save, Bath Time, A Kite to Fly, Kat's Fun Day, My Slime is Alive, Parkour, The Bus Ride, A Vote for Hope, Finding Fossils, Fishing Day, S'mores, The Best Pet, Time to Pose, Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes, All Gummed Up, Being Kind, Icarus and the Robot, Online, Stone Cove, The Class Race, The Rope Zone, The Skate Race
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Change y to i for suffix additionSet 26-30: Cake Land, Kayla Skates, Let's Bake a Cake, Running Late, Sid and Kim Play a Game, The Big Escape, The Brave Save, Bath Time, A Kite to Fly, Kat's Fun Day, My Slime is Alive, Parkour, The Bus Ride, A Vote for Hope, Finding Fossils, Fishing Day, S'mores, The Best Pet, Time to Pose, Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes, All Gummed Up, Being Kind, Icarus and the Robot, Online, Stone Cove, The Class Race, The Rope Zone, The Skate Race
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Other Aspects of Orthography
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Homophonesnone
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Contractions with am, is, has, not Sets 17-20: Where is Dan the Ninja, Jen and Spud, Dan the Ninja on the Spot, Sid's Dog Chip, The Sled Path, Brad's Dogs, Fix It, In the Shed, Dan the Ninja and the Hamster, The Bug Trap, The Grill, The Track, Flash, Kat's Dog Friends, The Pelicans
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Contractions with have, would, will Sets 17-20: Where is Dan the Ninja, Jen and Spud, Dan the Ninja on the Spot, Sid's Dog Chip, The Sled Path, Brad's Dogs, Fix It, In the Shed, Dan the Ninja and the Hamster, The Bug Trap, The Grill, The Track, Flash, Kat's Dog Friends, The Pelicans
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Possessives and pluralsSet 16: Bill and Todd's Jog, Pat Cat and Max and the Bug, Playing Tag, The Missing Tooth Club
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Basic Morphology (Anglo-Saxon and Latin)
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CompoundsSet 26-30: Cake Land, Kayla Skates, Let's Bake a Cake, Running Late, Sid and Kim Play a Game, The Big Escape, The Brave Save, Bath Time, A Kite to Fly, Kat's Fun Day, My Slime is Alive, Parkour, The Bus Ride, A Vote for Hope, Finding Fossils, Fishing Day, S'mores, The Best Pet, Time to Pose, Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes, All Gummed Up, Being Kind, Icarus and the Robot, Online, Stone Cove, The Class Race, The Rope Zone, The Skate Race
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Inflectional suffixes: inflectional suffix on single-syllable
base words with no spelling change (e.g., help, helps, helped, I Can Help)		none specific to this
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Inflectional suffixes: inflectional suffix on single-syllable base words with spelling changenone specific to this
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Irregular past tense and pluralsnone specific to this
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Common prefixes
un-, dis-, in-, re-, pre-, mis-, non-, ex		Set 51-High Interest
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Less common prefixes
fore-, pro-, intra-, inter-, trans-, non-, over-, sub-, super-, semi-, anti-, mid-, ex-, post		Set 51-High Interest
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Common derivational suffixes
-y, -ly, -ful, -ment, -hood, -less, -ness, -er, -or, -en		Set 51-High Interest
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Common Latin roots
port, form, ject, spect, dict, tend, fer		Set 56-60 - High Interest
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