Book 2 • Week 9 • Level C • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 9 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL C • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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1 Spelling Practice: Read each word aloud, analyze syllable splits and silent letters, and write neatly twice.

Syllables & /g/ as <gu> Words 1–5

1. several

2. toward

3. probably

4. language

5. guess

<gu> & <bu> as /b/ Words 6–10

6. guard

7. guilty

8. built

9. build

10. building

Silent Letters & <ey> Words 11–15

11. island

12. sign

13. key

14. money

15. etc.

2 Phonic & Morphological Sorting: Sort the 15 spelling words into the four orthographic categories below.

/g/ spelled <gu> (3 words)

/b/ spelled <bu> (3 words)

Silent Letters & <ey> (4 words)

Syllable Hint & /or/ (5 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Complete each context sentence with sign or sine.

Pair Distinctions: sign (mark, display board, or notice) • sine (trigonometric ratio in mathematics)

a. Follow the green highway carefully to find the correct exit ramp.

b. The advanced math student calculated the of the acute angle in geometry.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 9

Rule 1 • Silent Letters

Historical silent letters: silent s in is•land; silent g before n in sign.

Rule 2 & 3 • <gu> as /g/ & <bu> as /b/

gu spells /g/ before vowels (guess, guard, guil•ty); bu spells /b/ (built, build, build•ing).

Rule 4 & [Deb] 5 • /ē/ Spelled <ey>

/ē/ spelled ey at word ends (key, mon•ey); [Deb] /ē/ can also be e, e-e, ea, ee, ei, ey, i, ie, y.

Rule 6 & 7 • Syllable Hint & /or/ as <ar>

Pronounce each syllable for spelling (sev•er•al, prob•a•bly, lan•guage, etc.); /or/ spelled ar after w (to•ward).