Book 2 • Week 14 • Level A • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 14 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL A • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Level: A

1 Orthographic Handwriting Practice: Read each word aloud, trace its phonic pattern, and write it cleanly twice.

/or/ Spelled <or> (Words 1–5)

1 or

2 for

3 north

4 short

5 horse

/ow/ Spelled <ou> (Words 6–10)

6 house

7 out

8 a•bout

9 a•round

10 found

<ou> & [Deb] Words (Words 11–15)

11 ground

12 south

13 hour

14 oh

15 of

2 Phonics & Rule Sorting: Sort the 15 spelling words into their phonological categories below.

/or/ Spelled <or> (5 words)

/ow/ <ou> (1-Syllable) (5 words)

/ow/ <ou> (2-Syllable) (2 words)

[Deb] Debt / Irregular (3 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Choose the correct homophone to complete each context sentence.

Sets: for / four • horse / hoarse • hour / our

a. We waited exactly one before teacher opened the science lab.

b. After shouting loudly at the soccer game, his voice sounded scratchy and .

c. There are sweet red apples packed in the picnic basket you.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 14

Rule 1 & 2 • /or/ Spelled <or>

The phonogram or says /or/ (or, for, north, short, horse); /or/ can also be spelled oar, oor, ore, our.

Rule 3 & 4 • /ow/ Spelled <ou>

Use ou for /ow/ that we do not use at the end of English words (house, out, about, around, found, ground, south).

[Deb] Rule 5 • Silent Letters & Irregular Words

hour has a silent h; oh ends in silent h; of has f saying /v/.

Rule 6 • Homophone Distinctions

Differentiate: for/four/fore, horse/hoarse, and hour/our.