Cycle 105

105.1 Letter Combinations

Purpose and Procedure

This task introduces the letter combination or as in chore.

105.4 Patterns -VCe

Purpose and Procedure

This task exposes students to a compound word with an internal -VCe pattern: takeoff.

105.6 Story Reading

Purpose and Procedure

This task is the first in which there are letter combinations that aren’t underlined to help students recognize them. The letter combinations ar, ee, ea, -ey, and -y will no longer be underlined. The newer letter combinations ai and ay will still be underlined through Cycle 109.

Correcting the Student

The following is the correction text to use if a student struggles with reading any letter combinations in a Story Reading task:

❖ If the student struggles with any letter combinations, say: Remember, these two letters usually work together to make a different sound. What sound do they make?…