Book 2 • Week 12 • Level A • 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	free	frē /friː/	fr + ee	Blend fr- + /ē/ spelled ee at end of word
2	three	thrē /θriː/	thr + ee	Blend thr- + /ē/ spelled ee at end of word
3	see	sē /siː/	s + ee	/ē/ spelled ee at end; homophone with sea
4	seem	sēm /siːm/	s + ee + m	/ē/ spelled ee before m; homophone with seam
5	seen	sēn /siːn/	s + ee + n	/ē/ spelled ee before n; homophone with scene
6	green	grēn /ɡriːn/	gr + ee + n	Blend gr- + ee before n
7	deep	dēp /diːp/	d + ee + p	/ē/ spelled ee before p
8	sleep	slēp /sliːp/	sl + ee + p	Blend sl- + ee before p
9	keep	kēp /kiːp/	k + ee + p	/ē/ spelled ee before p
10	street	strēt /striːt/	str + ee + t	3-letter blend str- + ee before t
11	meet	mēt /miːt/	m + ee + t	/ē/ spelled ee before t; homophone with meat
12	week	wēk /wiːk/	w + ee + k	/ē/ spelled ee before k; homophone with weak
13	feel	fēl /fiːl/	f + ee + l	/ē/ spelled ee before l
14	need	nēd /niːd/	n + ee + d	/ē/ spelled ee before d
15	been	bĭn /bɪn/	b + ee + n	Irregular: ee says short /ɪ/ in American English
H	sea	sē /siː/	s + ea	Large expanse of salt water; homophone with see
H	seam	sēm /siːm/	s + ea + m	Line of stitching in fabric; homophone with seem
H	scene	sēn /siːn/	sc + e-e + n	Setting in play or movie; homophone with seen
H	meat	mēt /miːt/	m + ea + t	Animal flesh used as food; homophone with meet
H	weak	wēk /wiːk/	w + ea + k	Lacking strength; homophone with week

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

Ending in <-ee>

free three see

Ending in <-p>

deep sleep keep

Ending in <-m, -n>

seem seen green been

Other Endings

street meet week feel need

Exercise 3 Homophones Key: a. sea • b. seam • c. meet • d. week

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, focusing on the vowel team <ee> words.

Sentence 1 (three, green, sleep, deep)

“Three green frogs like to sleep in the deep pond.”

Sentence 2 (feel, need, keep, street)

“I feel we need to keep this street safe and clean.”

Sentence 3 (meet, sea, week)

“We will meet by the blue sea next week.”

Sentence 4 (seen, been, see)

“Have you seen where the three birds have been?”