Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lessons 107 & 108

Sound of Ĩ as in sir (/ɜːr/) • 12 Target Words • Margaret E. Sangster Memory Lyric • Page 60

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1 Sound of “i” as in sir, marked ĩ: Copy each word carefully on the handwriting line. Place the tilde (~) over each i.

12 Words • 26px Standard Line • /ɜːr/

1. dĩrt (-irt)

2. fĩrst (-irst)

3. gĩrl (-irl)

4. bĩrd (-ird)

5. skĩrt (-irt)

6. thĩrst (-irst)

7. whĩrl (-irl)

8. bĩrth (-irth)

9. fĩrm (-irm)

10. thĩrd (-ird)

11. mĩrth (-irth)

12. chĩrp (-irp)

2 Phonogram Family Clinic: Group the 12 words by their r-controlled spelling patterns. Notice how ir blends with the final consonant.

7 Phonogram Patterns

-irt Family

dirt, skirt

-irst Family

first, thirst

-ird Family

bird, third

-irl Family

girl, whirl

-irth Family

birth, mirth

-irm / -irp

firm, chirp

3 Memory Lesson (Lesson 108): Read Margaret E. Sangster's poem. Mark the tilde over each i with the sound of sir, then transcribe from memory.

Textbook Page 60 • Margaret E. Sangster

“Oh, where are you going, my dear little bird?
And why do you hurry away?
Not a leaf on the pretty red maple has stirred,
In the sweet golden sunshine to-day.”

— MARGARET E. SANGSTER.

1. Lines 1–2: Transcribe the first two lines of the poem: Mark bĩrd

2. Lines 3–4: Transcribe the final two lines of the poem: Mark stĩrred

3. Original Sentence: Compose an original sentence using at least two words with ĩ: e.g., girl, chirp, third