Book 2 • Week 4 • Level C • Student Practice Sheet

SPELLING & PHONICS • BOOK 2

CURRICULUM: RF.3.3 / RF.4.3 • WEEK 4 • LEVEL C

STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Phonological Study: Vowel team /ār/ (spelled air [Debt Repaid]), final /oy/ (spelled oy), unaccented endings -ie / -y (/ē/), unaccented schwa /ə/ (u, e, a & -ern), and homophones (stairs / stares).

/ār/ SPELLED AIR • /oy/ SPELLED OY • UNACCENTED SCHWA /ə/

1 Read each word aloud, observe primary stress (ˈ) and syllable breaks (•), and copy neatly:

WORDS 1 – 5 /ār/ & ROOTS

1. stairs

2. ˈprair•ie

3. ˈdu•ty

4. rules

5. ˈmin•ute

WORDS 6 – 10 /ə/, /oy/ & -y

6. ˈse•cret

7. ˈsec•re•tar•y

8. ˈhos•pi•tal

9. en•ˈjoy

10. de•ˈstroy

WORDS 11 – 15 + HOMO -ern, /ər/ & HOMO

11. to•ˈgeth•er

12. ˈfor•est

13. ˈnor•thern

14. ˈmod•ern

15. ˈpat•tern

H1. stairs / H2. stares

2 Sort the spelling words into all matching phonics rules (including Debt Repayment):

RULE 1 • Pattern: /ār/ spelled air 2 WORDS

RULE 2 [Deb] • /ār/ can be spelled are, air, or ear 2 WORDS

RULE 3 • Pattern: /oy/ spelled oy that we may use at the end of English words 2 WORDS

RULE 4 • /ē/ spelled ie or y at the end of a word 3 WORDS

RULE 5 • /ə/ spelled u, e, or a in an unaccented syllable 5 WORDS

REVIEW • UNACCENTED '-ern' & ROOT WORD RULES 4 WORDS

3 Homophones Practice: Complete each sentence with stairs or stares:

1. We carefully climbed the wooden to reach the quiet library upstairs.

2. The curious kitten fixedly at the flutter of butterflies in the garden.

💡 SPELLING RULES TO REMEMBER • WEEK 4 LEVEL C

Rule 1

Pattern: /ār/ spelled air

Rule 2 [Deb]

/ār/ can be spelled are, air, or ear

Rule 3

Pattern: /oy/ spelled oy that we may use at the end of English words

Rule 4

/ē/ spelled ie or y at the end of a word

Rule 5

/ə/ spelled u, e, or a in an unaccented syllable