Book 2 • Week 7 • Level B • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 7 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL B • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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1 Spelling Practice: Read each word aloud, trace vowel teams <ai> and <-air>, and write neatly twice.

<ai> Base Words Words 1–5

1. wait

2. waiting

3. rain

4. plain

5. main

Irregular Past & Schwa Words 6–10

6. paid

7. laid

8. fail

9. again

10. against

Prefix <a-> & <-air> Words 11–15

11. afraid

12. air

13. fair

14. hair

15. raise

2 Orthographic Sorting: Sort the 15 spelling words into the four morphological categories below.

/ā/ spelled <ai> (7 words)

Irregular Past /aid/ (2 words)

Prefix <a-> (/ə/) (3 words)

/ār/ spelled <-air> (3 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Fill in each blank with the correct spelling word or homophone partner.

plain / plane • main / mane

1. The jet flew over the grassy plain.

2. The stallion had a glossy black .

fair / fare • hair / hare

3. We paid the bus to visit the fair.

4. A swift raced across the field.

rain / rein / reign • raise / rays

5. The rider held the leather horse .

6. Bright sun warmed our morning walk.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 7

Rule 1 • /ā/ Spelled <ai>

/ā/ spelled ai that we may not use at the end of English words (rain, plain, wait, fail).

[Deb] Rule 2 • /ā/ Alternates

/ā/ can be spelled a, a-e, ai, ay, ea, ei, and ey across various word families.

Rule 3 & 5 • Schwa & Past Tense

/ə/ spelled a in unaccented syllables (a•gain); paid and laid are irregular past verbs.

Rule 6 & [Deb] 7 • /ār/ on <-air>

/ār/ spelled -air (air, fair, hair); [Deb] /ār/ can be spelled -are, -air, or -ear.