Book 2 • Week 14 • Level B • Teacher Instructional Guide

T Linguistic & Syllable Decomposition Table:

#	Word	Pronunciation / IPA	Structure	Orthographic & Teaching Notes
1	wea•ther	wĕth′ər /ˈwɛð.ər/	wea • ther	/ĕ/ spelled ea; voiced th; ending in -er; homophone with whether
2	mea•sure	mĕzh′ər /ˈmɛʒ.ər/	mea • sure	/ĕ/ spelled ea; su says /zh/
3	heav•y	hĕv′ē /ˈhɛv.i/	heav • y	/ĕ/ spelled ea; final unaccented y says long /ē/
4	head	hĕd /hɛd/	h + ea + d	/ĕ/ spelled ea before d
5	bread	brĕd /brɛd/	br + ea + d	Blend br- + /ĕ/ spelled ea before d
6	dead	dĕd /dɛd/	d + ea + d	/ĕ/ spelled ea before d
7	death	dĕth /dɛθ/	d + ea + th	/ĕ/ spelled ea before unvoiced th
8	in•stead	ĭn-stĕd′ /ɪnˈstɛd/	in • stead	Prefix in- + base stead with /ĕ/ spelled ea
9	pleas•ant	plĕz′ənt /ˈplɛz.ənt/	pleas • ant	/ĕ/ spelled ea; s says /z/; suffix -ant
10	search	sûrch /sɜːrtʃ/	s + ear + ch	/er/ spelled ear before ch
11	heard	hûrd /hɜːrd/	h + ear + d	/er/ spelled ear; past tense of hear; homophone with herd
12	ear•ly	ûr′lē /ˈɜːr.li/	ear • ly	/er/ spelled ear; final y says /ē/
13	earth	ûrth /ɜːrθ/	ear + th	/er/ spelled ear before unvoiced th
14	learn	lûrn /lɜːrn/	l + ear + n	/er/ spelled ear before n
15	learned	lûrnd /lɜːrnd/	learn + ed	Base learn + regular past tense suffix -ed
H	whether	wĕth′ər /ˈwɛð.ər/	wh + e + ther	Conjunction expressing a choice; homophone with weather
H	herd	hûrd /hɜːrd/	h + er + d	A group of animals; homophone with heard

Exercise 2 & 3 Verification Key

Short /ĕ/ (1-Syll)

head bread dead death instead

Short /ĕ/ (Multi)

weather measure heavy pleasant

/er/ Spelled <ear>

search heard early earth learn learned

/zh/ & Final -y

measure heavy early

Exercise 3 Homophones Key: a. whether / weather • b. heard / herd

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, focusing on <ea> pronouncing /ĕ/ and <ear> pronouncing /er/.

Sentence 1 (pleasant, weather, earth, early)

“The pleasant weather made it easy to search the earth early today.”

Sentence 2 (heavy, bread, instead)

“He put the heavy loaf of warm bread on the kitchen table instead.”

Sentence 3 (learned, measure, head)

“We learned how to measure the exact distance from head to toe.”

Sentence 4 (heard, herd)

“She heard the large herd of cattle moving across the open field.”