Book 2 • Week 13 • Level B • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 13 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL B • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Level: B

1 Orthographic Handwriting Practice: Read each word aloud, observe the syllable division, and write it cleanly twice.

Multi-Syllable /er/ (Words 1–5)

1 cov•er

2 la•ter

3 cen•ter

4 cor•ner

5 wa•ter

Squeeze Rule & /er/ (Words 6–10)

6 win•ter

7 won•der

8 won•der•ful

9 care•ful

10 aw•ful

Base & [Deb] Words (Words 11–15)

11 un•til

12 yes•ter•day

13 type

14 road

15 board

2 Phonics & Rule Sorting: Sort the spelling words into their morphological and phonological categories below.

Multi-Syllable <-er> (7 words)

Squeeze Rule <-ful> (3 words)

Multi-Syllable & Base (3 words)

[Deb] /ō/ Spelled <oa> (2 words)

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

Pairs: road / rode • board / bored • soar / sore

a. We slowly drove along the bumpy gravel , while yesterday my sister her new pony.

b. The teacher wrote notes on the chalkboard so that no student felt restless or .

c. The magnificent bald eagle will over the hills, even though my leg felt stiff and .

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 13

Rule 1 • /er/ at End of Multi-Syllable Words

/er/ is spelled er at the end of multi-syllable words (cover, later, center, corner, water, winter).

Rule 2 • Squeeze Rule (Consonant Suffixes)

Add a consonant suffix (like -ful) directly to the base word unless ending in vowel y, silent-e, or 1-1-1 (careful, awful).

[Deb] Rule 3 & 4 • Long /ō/ Spelled <oa>

[Deb] /ō/ spelled oa (road, board); /ō/ can also be spelled o, o-e, oa, oe, oo, ou, ough, ow.

Rule 5 • Homophone Pairs

Distinguish vowel spellings: road/rode, board/bored, and soar/sore.