Book 2 • Week 20 • Level C • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 20 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL C • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Level: C

1 Orthographic Handwriting Practice: Read each word aloud, observe <-ize>, <-ant>, and <-ance> suffixes, and write it cleanly twice.

-ize Verbs & apology (Words 1–5)

1 sum•ma•y

2 a•pol•o•gy

3 a•pol•o•gize

4 re•al•ize

5 re•cog•nize

-cize, -ism, & Bases (Words 6–10)

6 crit•i•cize

7 crit•i•cism

8 per•form

9 dis•tance

10 ac•quaint

-ance, -ant, & -iar (Words 11–15)

11 ac•quaint•ance

12 ap•pear•ance

13 bril•liant

14 pe•cu•liar

15 fa•mil•iar

2 Orthographic Suffix Sorting: Group words by <-ize> & <-ism> suffixes, <-ant> & <-ance> suffixes, base root forms, and academic endings.

<-ize> & <-ism> (5 words)

<-ant> & <-ance> (4 words)

Root Verbs & Bases (3 words)

Academic <-iar> & <-ary> (3 words)

3 Dual Homophone Distinctions: Fill each blank with the correct word: wait/weight or waist/waste.

Pairs: wait (stay) vs. weight (heaviness) • waist (body part) vs. waste (discard/squander)

a. We had to patiently at the clinic while the nurse recorded my exact .

b. The runner fastened the water pouch securely around his before starting the marathon.

c. Be sure not to clean paper by scribbling on both sides of every practice sheet.

d. Please a moment before throwing out cardboard, so we do not good supplies.

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 20

Rule 1 • Suffix <-ize> Forms Verbs

The Greek-derived suffix -ize attaches to roots to form verbs meaning "to make" or "become" (a•pol•o•gize, re•al•ize, re•cog•nize, crit•i•cize).

Rule 2 • Suffixes <-ant> and <-ance>

-ance forms abstract nouns of state or action (dis•tance, ac•quaint•ance, ap•pear•ance); -ant forms adjectives/nouns (bril•liant).

Rule 3 • Suffix <-iar> Saying /jər/

In pe•cu•liar and fa•mil•iar, the vowel i acts as a /j/ glide sound before -ar.

Rule 4 • Homophone Pairs: <wait/weight> & <waist/waste>

Wait (pause, ai) vs. weight (heaviness, eigh). Waist (body, ai) vs. waste (squander, split vowel-e a_e).