Book 2 • Week 12 • Level B • Teacher Instructional Guide

M Linguistic & Orthographic Matrix: Complete structural analysis of all 15 spelling words and homophone pair.

#	Word	Pronunciation / IPA	Syllable & Phonics Structure	Orthographic Rules & Teaching Notes
1	nobody	nō-bŏd-ē /ˈnoʊ.bɑː.di/	no • bod • y	Compound: no + body
2	nothing	nŭth-ĭng /ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/	no • thing	Compound: no + thing; vowel shifts to /ʌ/
3	anyway	ĕn-ē-wā /ˈɛn.i.weɪ/	an • y • way	Compound: any + way; /ā/ spelled ay
4	anybody	ĕn-ē-bŏd-ē /ˈɛn.i.bɑː.di/	an • y • bod • y	Compound: any + body
5	everyone	ĕv-rē-wŭn /ˈɛv.ri.wʌn/	ev • er • y • one	Compound: every + one
6	everybody	ĕv-rē-bŏd-ē /ˈɛv.ri.bɑː.di/	ev • er • y • bod • y	Compound: every + body
7	everything	ĕv-rē-thĭng /ˈɛv.ri.θɪŋ/	ev • er • y • thing	Compound: every + thing
8	somebody	sŭm-bŏd-ē /ˈsʌm.bɑː.di/	some • bod • y	Compound: some + body
9	something	sŭm-thĭng /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/	some • thing	Compound: some + thing
10	somewhere	sŭm-hwâr /ˈsʌm.wɛər/	some • where	Compound: some + where
11	sometimes	sŭm-tīmz /ˈsʌm.taɪmz/	some • times	Compound: some + times
12	catch	kăch /kætʃ/	c + ă + tch	/ch/ spelled tch after short ă
13	watch	wŏch /wɑːtʃ/	w + ah + tch	w alters a to /ɑː/; /ch/ spelled tch
14	stretch	strĕch /strɛtʃ/	str + ĕ + tch	/ch/ spelled tch after short ĕ; blend str-
15	little	lĭt-əl /ˈlɪt.əl/	lit • tle	Double -tt- protects short ĭ; consonant-le
H	cents	sĕnts /sɛnts/	c + e + n + t + s	Coins or currency units equal to 1/100 of dollar
H	sense	sĕns /sɛns/	s + ĕ + n + s-e	Practical judgment or sensory faculty; homophone with cents

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

<no-, any->

nobody nothing anyway anybody

<every->

everyone everybody everything

<some->

somebody something somewhere sometimes

<-tch> & <little>

catch watch stretch little

Exercise 3 Homophones Key: a. cent • b. sense • c. cents • d. sense

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, focusing on compound words and <-tch> spellings.

Sentence 1 (everybody, somebody, catch, little)

“Everybody saw somebody catch the little puppy.”

Sentence 2 (watch, stretch)

“Watch the children stretch before they run anywhere.”

Sentence 3 (sometimes, nothing)

“Sometimes there is nothing to do but read a good book.”

Sentence 4 (sense, cents)

“It makes good sense to save ninety cents every week.”