Book 2 • Week 15 • Level A • Teacher Instructional Guide

T Linguistic & Phonic Decomposition Table:

#	Word	Pronunciation / IPA	Structure	Orthographic & Teaching Notes
1	took	tŏŏk /tʊk/	t + oo + k	Short /ŏŏ/ spelled oo before k
2	look	lŏŏk /lʊk/	l + oo + k	Short /ŏŏ/ spelled oo before k
3	book	bŏŏk /bʊk/	b + oo + k	Short /ŏŏ/ spelled oo before k
4	stood	stŏŏd /stʊd/	st + oo + d	Blend st- + short /ŏŏ/ spelled oo before d
5	foot	fŏŏt /fʊt/	f + oo + t	Short /ŏŏ/ spelled oo before t
6	good	gŏŏd /ɡʊd/	g + oo + d	Short /ŏŏ/ spelled oo before d
7	good-bye	gŏŏd′bī′ /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/	good - bye	Compound with hyphen; -bye ends in silent-e
8	hel•lo	hĕ-lō′ /həˈloʊ/	hel • lo	Doubled l between syllables; open o
9	e•ven	ē′vən /ˈiː.vən/	e • ven	Open syllable e- says long /ē/
10	e•ven•ing	ēv′nĭng /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/	e • ven + ing	Base even + suffix -ing
11	morn•ing	môr′nĭng /ˈmɔːr.nɪŋ/	morn + ing	Phonogram or says /or/ + suffix -ing
12	blue	blōō /bluː/	bl + ue	Long /ōō/ spelled ue; homophone with blew
13	true	trōō /truː/	tr + ue	Blend tr- + long /ōō/ spelled ue
14	boy	boi /bɔɪ/	b + oy	/oy/ spelled oy at the end of English words
15	their	thâr /ðɛər/	th + eir	Voiced th; /ār/ spelled eir; homophone with there, they're
H	there	thâr /ðɛər/	th + ere	In that place; homophone with their, they're
H	they're	thâr /ðɛər/	they + 're	Contraction for they are; homophone with their, there
H	blew	blōō /bluː/	bl + ew	Past tense of blow; homophone with blue
H	flu	flōō /fluː/	fl + u	Short for influenza; homophone with flew
H	flew	flōō /fluː/	fl + ew	Past tense of fly; homophone with flu

Exercise 2 & 3 Verification Key

Ending in <-ook>

took look book

Other Short <oo>

stood foot good good-bye

Final <ue> • <oy>

blue true boy

Time • <their>

hello even evening morning their

Exercise 3 Homophones Key: a. their / there • b. blew / blue • c. flew / flu

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, emphasizing short <oo> and final vowel teams.

Sentence 1 (boy, took, good, book)

“The boy took a good book and sat down to read.”

Sentence 2 (stood, foot, hello)

“He stood on one foot and said hello to his teacher.”

Sentence 3 (true, their, blue, morning)

“It is true that their bright blue kite flew high in the morning.”

Sentence 4 (good-bye, evening)

“We waved good-bye as evening shadows fell across the garden.”