Book 2 • Week 7 • Level A • Teacher Instructional Guide

M Linguistic & Orthographic Matrix: Complete structural analysis of all 15 spelling words and homophone pairs.

#	Word	Pronunciation / IPA	Syllable & Phonics Structure	Orthographic Rules & Teaching Notes
1	go	gō /ɡoʊ/	g + open o	Single open syllable; o makes long /oʊ/ sound
2	no	nō /noʊ/	n + open o	Single open syllable; o makes long /oʊ/; homophone with know
3	so	sō /soʊ/	s + open o	Single open syllable; o makes long /oʊ/; homophone with sew
4	do	do͞o /duː/	d + o saying /uː/	Short word; o makes /uː/ sound; homophone with dew, due
5	to	to͞o /tuː/	t + o saying /uː/	Preposition; o makes /uː/ sound; homophone with too, two
6	be	bē /biː/	b + open e	Single open syllable; e makes long /iː/; homophone with bee
7	he	hē /hiː/	h + open e	Single open syllable; e makes long /iː/
8	me	mē /miː/	m + open e	Single open syllable; e makes long /iː/
9	we	wē /wiː/	w + open e	Single open syllable; e makes long /iː/
10	she	shē /ʃiː/	sh + open e	Consonant digraph sh + long /iː/ in open syllable
11	by	bī /baɪ/	b + final y	Single open syllable; y makes long /aɪ/; homophone with buy, bye
12	my	mī /maɪ/	m + final y	Single open syllable; y makes long /aɪ/
13	try	trī /traɪ/	Blend tr- + final y	Consonant blend tr- + y saying long /aɪ/
14	cry	krī /kraɪ/	Blend cr- + final y	Consonant blend cr- + y saying long /aɪ/
15	fly	flī /flaɪ/	Blend fl- + final y	Consonant blend fl- + y saying long /aɪ/
H	sew	sō /soʊ/	s + ew saying /oʊ/	To stitch with thread; homophone with so
H	know	nō /noʊ/	Silent k + n + ow	To perceive or understand; homophone with no
H	dew	do͞o /duː/	d + ew saying /uː/	Morning moisture droplets; homophone with do, due
H	due	do͞o /duː/	d + ue saying /uː/	Owed or scheduled; homophone with do, dew
H	too	to͞o /tuː/	t + oo saying /uː/	Also / excessively; homophone with to, two
H	two	to͞o /tuː/	tw + o saying /uː/	Number 2; homophone with to, too
H	bee	bē /biː/	b + ee saying /iː/	Stinging insect; homophone with be
H	buy	bī /baɪ/	b + uy saying /aɪ/	To purchase; homophone with by, bye
H	bye	bī /baɪ/	b + ye saying /aɪ/	Farewell word; homophone with by, buy

K Master Answer Key: Classification breakdown and homophone context solutions.

/ō/ spelled <o>

go no so

/o͞o/ spelled <o>

do to

/ē/ spelled <e>

be he me we she

/ī/ spelled <y>

by my try cry fly

Exercise 3 Homophones Key: 1. sew | 2. no | 3. due | 4. two | 5. bee | 6. buy

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, focusing on open syllable vowels and homophone pairs.

Sentence 1 (she, try, fly, to)

“She will try to fly her kite high in the blue sky.”

Sentence 2 (he, me, we, go, by, to)

“He told me that we can go by bus to the park today.”

Sentence 3 (do, cry, try)

“Do not cry when you try hard to do your best work.”

Sentence 4 (my, no, be, so, sew, two)

“She will sew two patches by hand so they stay strong.”