Book 2 • Week 12 • Level A • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 12 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL A • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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1 Spelling Practice: Read each word aloud, observe the vowel team ee, and write neatly twice.

Open <-ee> & Nasals Words 1–5

1. free

2. three

3. see

4. seem

5. seen

Blends & <-eep> Words Words 6–10

6. green

7. deep

8. sleep

9. keep

10. street

Stops, <feel> & <been> Words 11–15

11. meet

12. week

13. feel

14. need

15. been

2 Phonic & Structural Sorting: Sort the 15 spelling words into the four <ee> ending categories below.

Ending in <-ee> (3 words)

Ending in <-p> (3 words)

Ending in <-m, -n> (4 words)

Other Endings (5 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Complete each context sentence with the correct homophone pair.

Pairs: sea / see • seam / seem • meat / meet • weak / week

a. We sailed our wooden sailboat across the sparkling blue toward the island.

b. The tailor carefully pressed the straight stitched on the new trousers.

c. Let us at the community park after school to play soccer.

d. There are exactly seven days in one full calendar .

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 12

Rule 1 • Long /ē/ Spelled <ee>

The vowel team ee always says long /ē/ in standard English (free, three, see, deep, street).

Rule 2 & [Deb] 3 • Alternate <e> Spellings

[Deb] /ē/ can be e, e-e, ea, ee, ei, ey, i, ie, y; ee is one of the most reliable spellings.

Rule 4 • Irregular Sound in <been>

In been, the vowel team ee uniquely says short /ɪ/ in American English pronunciation (/bɪn/).

Rule 5 • Homophone Pairs

Distinguish /ē/ spellings: sea/see, seam/seem, scene/seen, meat/meet, weak/week.