Book 2 • Week 10 • Level C • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 10 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 root alterations, and write neatly twice.

<ie> to <y> & <-or> Words 1–5

1. tie

2. tying

3. author

4. motor

5. doctor

Drop Rule & Suffixes Words 6–10

6. argument

7. truly

8. interest

9. interesting

10. skiing

<aigh> & <y> as /ĭ/ Words 11–15

11. passed

12. straight

13. absent

14. gym

15. bicycle

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

/er/ spelled <-or> (3 words)

Suffix Changes (4 words)

/ĭ/ spelled <y> (2 words)

Base & Special (6 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Complete each context sentence with ring or wring.

Pair Distinctions: ring (circular band or clear sound) • wring (twist and squeeze tightly)

a. Make sure to out the soaking wet towel before hanging it up.

b. The shiny golden was carefully polished for the celebration.

c. Did you hear the loud telephone from the hallway upstairs?

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 10

Rule 1 • /er/ Spelled <-or>

/er/ spelled or at word ends, often forming agent nouns (au•thor, mo•tor, doc•tor).

Rule 2 • Irregular Suffix & Drop Rules

In tie, ie changes to y before -ing (ty•ing); argue and true drop silent e (ar•gu•ment, tru•ly); ski keeps ii (ski•ing).

Rule 3 • /ĭ/ Spelled with <y>

The letter y can make short /ĭ/ (gym, bi•cy•cle), causing preceding c and g to soften.

Rule 4 • Special Phonogram <aigh>

In straight, /ā/ is spelled with 4 letters: aigh with silent gh.