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Here are some open booklets in another region of the Word Garden--this time not one that’s unusually productive. In the top row, you see a good example of why this particular prototype might be useful for teacher education or older children, but is too advanced for true beginners. The fully open booklet shows the leap students have to make, beginning around third grade, as they tackle Latin-derived vocabulary.

The ”dashed flashed crashed” page exemplifies a common pattern, final consonant blends that depend on inflectional morphology. Mastering plural nouns and the different forms that verbs can take is an essential step for beginning readers. Quite a lot of derivational morphology shows up in the booklets as well.