Book 2 • Week 17 • Level A • Teacher Instructional Guide

T Linguistic & Syllable Decomposition Table:

#	Word	Pronunciation / IPA	Structure	Orthographic & Teaching Notes
1	old	ōld /oʊld/	o + ld	Vowel o says long /ō/ before consonant cluster -ld
2	cold	kōld /koʊld/	c + o + ld	Vowel o says long /ō/ before consonant cluster -ld
3	told	tōld /toʊld/	t + o + ld	Vowel o says long /ō/ before consonant cluster -ld; past of tell
4	both	bōth /boʊθ/	b + o + th	Vowel o says long /ō/ before digraph th
5	most	mōst /moʊst/	m + o + st	Vowel o says long /ō/ before consonant cluster -st
6	find	fīnd /faɪnd/	f + i + nd	Vowel i says long /ī/ before consonant cluster -nd
7	mind	mīnd /maɪnd/	m + i + nd	Vowel i says long /ī/ before consonant cluster -nd
8	kind	kīnd /kaɪnd/	k + i + nd	Vowel i says long /ī/ before consonant cluster -nd
9	child	chīld /tʃaɪld/	ch + i + ld	Vowel i says long /ī/ before consonant cluster -ld
10	sec•ond	sĕk′ənd /ˈsɛk.ənd/	sec • ond	Two syllables: closed sec- + unaccented -ond
11	month	mŭnth /mʌnθ/	m + o + nth	Vowel o says short /ŭ/ before -nth
12	a•mong	ə-mŭng′ /əˈmʌŋ/	a • mong	Initial schwa a- + o says short /ŭ/ before -ng
13	front	frŭnt /frʌnt/	fr + o + nt	Vowel o says short /ŭ/ before -nt
14	from	frŭm /frʌm/	fr + o + m	High-frequency word; o says short /ŭ/
15	oth•er	ŭth′ər /ˈʌð.ər/	oth • er	Vowel o says short /ŭ/; voiced th + suffix -er
H	cap•i•tol	kăp′ĭ-tl /ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/	cap • i • tol	A building where legislature meets; homophone with capital
H	owe	ō /oʊ/	owe	To be indebted; homophone with oh
H	nose	nōz /noʊz/	n + o-e + se	Organ for smelling; homophone with knows

Exercise 2 & 3 Verification Key

Long /ō/ + Consonants

old cold told both most

Long /ī/ + Consonants

find mind kind child

Short /ŭ/ <o>

month among front from other

Two Syllables

second

Exercise 3 Homophones Key: a. capitol • b. Oh / owe • c. nose / knows

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, focusing on vowel lengthening before consonant clusters.

Sentence 1 (old, cold, told, both)

“The kind old man told both boys to stay out of the cold wind.”

Sentence 2 (kind, child, mind, find)

“A polite child will mind her manners and find her lost book.”

Sentence 3 (month, from, front, other)

“Last month, we walked from the front porch to visit the other house.”

Sentence 4 (second, among, most)

“Wait one second while we search among the most interesting books.”