Book 2 • Week 17 • Level A • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 17 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL A • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Date:

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Level: A

1 Orthographic Handwriting Practice: Read each word aloud, observe vowel rules before consonant clusters, and write it cleanly twice.

Long /ō/ + Consonants (Words 1–5)

1 old

2 cold

3 told

4 both

5 most

Long /ī/ & second (Words 6–10)

6 find

7 mind

8 kind

9 child

10 sec•ond

Short /ŭ/ <o> (Words 11–15)

11 month

12 a•mong

13 front

14 from

15 oth•er

2 Phonics & Vowel Pattern Sorting: Categorize the 15 words according to vowel sound and consonant patterns.

Long /ō/ + Consonants (5 words)

Long /ī/ + Consonants (4 words)

Short /ŭ/ Spelled <o> (5 words)

Two Syllables (1 word)

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

Sets: capital / capitol • owe / oh • nose / knows

a. The lawmakers met beneath the tall dome of the state in the city.

b. “!” exclaimed David, “I remember that I still you three shiny dimes.”

c. The playful puppy rubbed his wet on my knee because he it is dinnertime.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 17

Rule 1 • Long Vowels Before Two Consonants

Vowels o and i often make their long sounds before two consonants, particularly -ld, -st, -th, -nd (cold, both, most, find, child).

Rule 2 • Short /ŭ/ Spelled <o>

In many high-frequency words, vowel o represents the short /ŭ/ sound (month, among, front, from, other).

Rule 3 • Closed Syllable <second>

The word sec•ond divides between the consonants; first syllable has short e.

Rule 4 • Homophone Clarity

Distinguish capital (city/money/uppercase) from capitol (legislative building), owe/oh, and nose/knows.