DISSECT Strategy

Steps of DISSECT

100

D

What is "Discover the Sounds and Context"?

200

I

What is "Isolate the Beginning"?

300

Both S's

What is "Separate the Ending" and "Say the Stem"?

400

E

What is "Examine the Stem"?

500

C and T

What is "Check with Someone" and Try the Dictionary"?

Vocab. Roots 1-3

100

aud

What is hear?

200

Gram

What is write or record?

300

miss, mit

What is send?

400

dic /dict

What is to speak or say? 

500

intermission

/What is the act or process of sending between?

Prefixes

100

unhappy

What is un-?

200

preseason

What is pre-?

300

reunite

What is re-?

400

disrespect

What is dis-?

500

intermingle

What is inter-?

Suffixes

100

purposeful

What is -ful?

200

quickly

What is -ly?

300

kindness

What is -ness?

400

excitement

What is -ment?

500

adoption

What is -tion?

Rules of Twos and Threes

100

Count over two.

What is a vowel?

200

Count over three.

What is consonant?

300

a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y

What is a vowel?

400

Everything besides a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

What is a consonant?

500

Use your rules of twos and threes for avalanche.

What is av/al/an/che.