Book 2 • Week 8 • Level B • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 8 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL B • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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1 Spelling Practice: Read each word aloud, trace vowel teams <ew> and <ie>, and write neatly twice.

<ew> Endings Words 1–5 (/o͞o/, /yō͞o/)

1. new

2. knew

3. few

4. blew

5. threw

<iew> & <ie> as /ī/ Words 6–10

6. view

7. die

8. died

9. lie

10. believe

<ie> as /ē/ & <ear> Words 11–15

11. pie

12. piece

13. field

14. chief

15. heart

2 Vowel Team Classification: Sort the 15 spelling words into the four phonetic categories below.

/o͞o/ & /yō͞o/ <ew/iew> (6 words)

/ī/ spelled <ie> (4 words)

/ē/ spelled <ie> (4 words)

/ɑːr/ spelled <ear> (1 word)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Choose the correct homophone word to complete each sentence accurately.

new / knew • blew / blue

1. I bought a coat because I it was cold.

2. A fierce gale under the clear sky.

threw / through • die / dye • peace / piece

3. He the ball right the hoop.

4. We dipped yarn into red for our project.

5. Please cut a warm of fresh apple pie.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 8

Rule 1 • /o͞o/ & /yō͞o/ on <ew>

/o͞o/ and /yō͞o/ spelled ew that we may use at the end of English words (new, few, blew, threw).

[Deb] Rule 2 • /o͞o/ Alternates

/o͞o/ can be spelled ew, o, oo, ou, ough, u, u-e, and ue across various word families.

Rule 3 & [Deb] 4 • /ī/ on <ie>

/ī/ spelled ie (die, died, lie, pie); [Deb] /ī/ can be spelled i, i-e, ie, igh, and y.

Rule 5 & [Deb] 6 • /ē/ on <ie>

/ē/ spelled ie (be•lieve, piece, field, chief); [Deb] /ē/ can be e, e-e, ea, ee, ei, ey, i, ie, y.