Book 2 • Week 18 • Level B • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 18 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL B • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Level: B

1 Orthographic Handwriting Practice: Read each word aloud, observe capitalization and vowel spellings, and write it cleanly twice.

Days of the Week (Words 1–5)

1 Sun•day

2 Mon•day

3 Tues•day

4 Wed•nes•day

5 Thurs•day

Weekend & <ur> Verbs (Words 6–10)

6 Fri•day

7 Sat•ur•day

8 hurt

9 turn

10 re•turn

<ur> & <s> = /sh/ (Words 11–15)

11 dur•ing

12 pur•pose

13 fur•ther

14 sure

15 su•gar

2 Phonics & Categorization Sorting: Group the words by proper noun days, <ur> phonograms, and initial <s> saying /sh/.

Days of the Week (1) (4 words)

Days of the Week (2) (3 words)

<ur> Phonograms (5 words)

<s> = /sh/ & during (3 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Choose the correct homophone (fir or fur) to complete each sentence.

Homophone Pair: fir (conifer evergreen tree) • fur (dense coat of an animal)

a. The tiny rabbit curled into a ball, keeping its soft white dry during the cold rain.

b. Fresh pine needles fell gently from the towering evergreen tree in the yard.

c. The hiker spotted a brown bear rubbing its thick winter against the trunk of a tall tree.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 18

Rule 1 • Capitalize Days of the Week

All seven days of the week are proper nouns and must be capitalized; each ends in phonogram ay (Sunday, Monday...).

Rule 2 • Silent Letters in <Wednesday>

Pronounced /ˈwɛnz.deɪ/; note silent d and silent middle e in Wed•nes•day.

Rule 3 • Letter <s> Says /sh/ Before <u>

In sure and su•gar, the initial consonant s represents the /sh/ sound before u.

Rule 4 • Phonogram <ur> & Homophones

ur says /er/ in hurt, turn, return, purpose, further. Distinguish homophones fir (tree) from fur (animal pelt).