Book 2 • Week 7 • Level B • 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	wait	wāt /weɪt/	w + ai + t	/ā/ spelled ai not used at end of words
2	waiting	wā-tĭng /ˈweɪ.tɪŋ/	wait • ing	Base wait + inflectional suffix -ing
3	rain	rān /reɪn/	r + ai + n	Base word; homophone with rein, reign
4	plain	plān /pleɪn/	Blend pl- + ai + n	Clear/flat grassland; homophone with plane
5	main	mān /meɪn/	m + ai + n	Primary/chief; homophone with mane
6	paid	pād /peɪd/	p + ai + d	Irregular past tense of pay (not payed)
7	laid	lād /leɪd/	l + ai + d	Irregular past tense of lay (not layed)
8	fail	fāl /feɪl/	f + ai + l	Base word; /eɪl/ rime
9	again	ə-gĕn / ə-gān /əˈɡɛn/	a • gain	Unaccented a- says /ə/; ai says short /ɛ/
10	against	ə-gĕnst /əˈɡɛnst/	a • gainst	Unaccented a- says /ə/; blend -nst
11	afraid	ə-frād /əˈfreɪd/	a • fraid	Unaccented a- says /ə/; blend fr- + ai + d
12	air	âr /ɛər/	Vowel digraph air	Base word; /ɛər/ sound spelled air
13	fair	fâr /fɛər/	f + air	Just/carnival; homophone with fare
14	hair	hâr /hɛər/	h + air	Strands on head; homophone with hare
15	raise	rāz /reɪz/	r + ai + s-e	ai says /eɪ/; s says /z/; homophone with rays, raze
H	mane	mān /meɪn/	m + ā + n-e	Horse/lion neck hair; homophone with main
H	plane	plān /pleɪn/	pl + ā + n-e	Airplane or flat surface; homophone with plain
H	fare	fâr /fɛər/	f + ā + r-e	Ticket price or food; homophone with fair
H	hare	hâr /hɛər/	h + ā + r-e	Fast rabbit-like animal; homophone with hair
H	rein	rān /reɪn/	r + ei + n	Leather strap for horse; homophone with rain, reign
H	reign	rān /reɪn/	r + ei + gn	Royal rule; homophone with rain, rein
H	rays	rāz /reɪz/	r + ay + s	Beams of sunlight; homophone with raise, raze
H	raze	rāz /reɪz/	r + ā + z-e	To tear down completely; homophone with raise, rays

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

/ā/ spelled <ai>

wait waiting rain plain main fail raise

Irregular Past /aid/

paid laid

Prefix <a-> (/ə/)

again against afraid

/ār/ spelled <-air>

air fair hair

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, emphasizing vowel teams <ai> and <-air>.

Sentence 1 (wait, rain)

“We had to wait under the awning while the heavy rain fell.”

Sentence 2 (afraid, again, against, fair)

“He was not afraid to speak up again against unfair treatment.”

Sentence 3 (paid, laid, main)

“She paid her bus fare and laid her books on the main table.”

Sentence 4 (air, fair, hair, raise)

“Fresh mountain air felt cool against her fair face and hair.”