# Cycle 100 ## 100.1 Letter Combinations {% embed url="" %} #### Purpose and Procedure This task introduces the letter combination *ai* as in *pain*. ## 100.3 Irregulars #### Purpose and Procedure This is the first task in which students write four irregular (non-phonetic) words. #### Important Reminders Students will write each word once, and they should copy it by looking at the word on the screen. The act of writing these words ensures that students pay close attention to the form of each word, which will help the students recognize and read them with increasing ease. From now on, both the *Irregulars* task and the *Review* task will require students to write. There will no longer be a separate *Writing* task at the end of each cycle. ## 100.4 Patterns -VCe #### Purpose and Procedure This is the first task in which students will read CVC and CVCe pattern words (in a serif font) that are NOT minimally different pairs. This is an added challenge because students cannot simply change the vowel sound to read the next word. ## 100.5 Word Reading #### Purpose and Procedure This is the first *Word Reading* task in which students read words in a serif font without reading them in the specialized orthography first. ## 100.6 Story Reading #### Purpose and Procedure The new passage is the first in which students will need to recognize letter combinations in order to read some words correctly. For example, the word *peered* does not have a line (macron) above each *e*, so students have to remember that, in the *ee* letter combination, the *e*'s make their long vowel sound. In the word *team*, the *e* also does not have a line above it and the *a* that follows it is a regular size instead of being small (so there is no indication not to read it); again, students will have to recognize that the *ea* letter combination makes the /ē/ sound. These letter combinations are underlined to help students identify them in the text, but only for a few cycles. After that, they will no longer be underlined, but other more recently taught combinations will be. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://curriculum.tryonce.com/cycle-100.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.