Book 2 • Week 4 • Level B • Teacher Instructional Guide

A Comprehensive Linguistic & Phonics Matrix (15 Target Words + 2 Homophones):

Word	Webster	IPA	Phonics Pattern	Linguistic & Teaching Notes
now	now	/naʊ/	Diphthong /ow/ spelled ow	Word-final position; diphthong rule
how	how	/haʊ/	Diphthong /ow/ spelled ow	Word-final position; interrogative adverb
however	how-ĕv′ẽr	/haʊˈɛv.ər/	Compound word; /ow/ + /er/	Stress on 2nd syllable; -er at word end
down	down	/daʊn/	Diphthong /ow/ spelled ow	Medial /ow/ before alveolar nasal /n/
brown	brown	/braʊn/	Initial blend br- + /ow/	Color adjective with -own rime
town	town	/taʊn/	Diphthong /ow/ spelled ow	CVC with -own rime
allow	ă-low′	/əˈlaʊ/	Prefix al- + /ow/ at word end	Iambic stress on 2nd syllable
power	pow′ẽr	/ˈpaʊ.ər/	/ow/ + final /er/ in multi-syllable	Trochaic stress on 1st syllable
dirty	dẽr′tē	/ˈdɜːr.ti/	/er/ spelled ir + final -y (/ē/)	Trochaic stress; ir vocalic r
bird	bẽrd	/bɜːrd/	Vocalic r /er/ spelled ir	Single-syllable root with voiced /d/
girl	gẽrl	/ɡɜːrl/	Vocalic r /er/ spelled ir	Hard g /g/ + vocalic r + liquid /l/
third	thẽrd	/θɜːrd/	Digraph th- + /er/ spelled ir	Voiceless interdental fricative + /er/
first	fẽrst	/fɜːrst/	/er/ spelled ir + blend -st	Voiceless labiodental + cluster -st
begin	bē-gĭn′	/bɪˈɡɪn/	Prefix be- + base root	Present tense; stress on 2nd syllable
began	bē-găn′	/bɪˈɡæn/	Irregular past tense of begin	Vowel change i -> a (/ɪ/ -> /æ/)
allowed	ă-lowd′	/əˈlaʊd/	Past tense of allow (-ed = /d/)	Homophone with aloud; permitted
aloud	ă-lowd′	/əˈlaʊd/	Prefix a- + root loud (/ow/ spelled ou)	Homophone with allowed; audibly spoken

B Official Answer Key: Exercise 2 (6 Rules Sorting) & Exercise 3 (Homophones):

EXERCISE 2: ALL 6 RULES SORTING ANSWERS

• Rule 1 (/ow/ spelled ow that we may use at the end of English words): now, how, allow (3 words)

• Rule 2 [Deb] (/ow/ can be spelled ow, ou, and augh): down, brown, town (3 words)

• Rule 3 (/er/ spelled ir): dirty, bird, girl, third, first (5 words)

• Rule 4 [Deb] (/er/ can be spelled er, ir, or (after w), ur, ear, our): however, power (2 words)

• Rule 5 (/er/ spelled er at the end of a multi-syllable word): however, power (2 words)

• Rule 6 (began is an irregular past tense): begin, began (2 words)

EXERCISE 3: HOMOPHONES ANSWERS

1. aloud: "The teacher asked him to read the exciting story aloud to the whole class."

2. allowed: "Pets are not allowed inside the grocery store without a special guide pass."

*Teaching Tip: 'allowed' is past tense of allow (permitted); 'aloud' means spoken audibly.

C Classroom Dictation Sentences (Evaluation of Spelling in Context):

SENTENCE 1 (TARGET: FIRST, GIRL, ALLOW, BIRD, DOWN)

“The first girl will allow the little bird to fly down.”

SENTENCE 2 (TARGET: HOW, BROWN, DIRTY, TOWN)

“How did the brown dog get so dirty in town?”

SENTENCE 3 (TARGET: BEGAN, THIRD, POWER, HOWEVER)

“We began our third lap with great power however tired we were.”

SENTENCE 4 (TARGET: ALOUD, NOW, BEGIN)

“Please read the lesson aloud now so we can begin.”