Week 3 • Level B: Student Worksheet — Building Spelling Skills

BUILDING SPELLING SKILLS • WEEK 3 • LEVEL B

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Target Phonics: Master words with ea making long /ē/ (sea, reason) vs. short /ĕ/ (meant, ready); memorize -ase exception (case); spell /ār/ as are (care, scare); contrast 6 homophone pairs (ea vs. ee). Primary stress marked with ˈ.

PHONICS: EA (/ē/ & /ĕ/) + ARE (/ār/)

1 Spelling Word Study & Penmanship: Read each word aloud, observe primary stress (ˈ) and syllable division (•), and copy neatly.

Group 1: /ē/ FamilyTrace • Write

1. sea

2. ˈsea•son

3. ˈrea•son

4. lead

5. ˈlead•er

Group 2: /ē/ & /ĕ/Trace • Write

6. clean

7. team

8. mean

9. meant

10. read

Group 3: /ār/ & MultiTrace • Write

11. ˈread•y

12. case

13. care

14. scare

15. ˈan•i•mal

2 Word Sorting Matrix: Classify all 15 spelling words into all 5 matching phonics rules below (including Debt Rules).

RULE 1 • /ē/ SPELLED ea 7 words

RULE 2 • /ĕ/ SPELLED ea 3 words

RULE 3 • A MORE COMMON SPELLING FOR WORDS RHYMING WITH CASE IS ace 1 word

RULE 4 • /ār/ SPELLED are 2 words

RULE 5 [Deb] • /ār/ CAN BE SPELLED are, air, OR ear 2 words

3 Homophones Mastery (ea vs. ee): Write the correct homophone in each blank to complete the sentence accurately.

1. Sailors sailed across the blue to whales. (sea / see)

2. We will at noon to buy fresh . (meat / meet)

3. Grandma drank hot before the golf . (tea / tee)

4. He stood on his two after that brave . (feat / feet)

5. I love to while sitting near a river . (read / reed)

6. Can our team the rivals and win a red ? (beat / beet)

💡 SPELLING RULES TO REMEMBER • WEEK 3 LEVEL B

Rule 1

/ē/ spelled ea

Rule 2

/ĕ/ spelled ea

Rule 3

A more common spelling for words rhyming with case is ace. Exceptions must be memorized.

Rule 4

/ār/ spelled are

Rule 5 [Deb]

/ār/ can be spelled are, air, or ear