Wheeler's Elementary Speller
• Lessons 183 & 184 (Page 94)
Used in Cooking • Syllabic -le /əl/ • Homophones: not vs. knot • Creative Story Composition
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Part 1: Lesson 183 • Used in Cooking (12 Words)
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Culinary Spices • 26px Tracks
rice
/raɪs/
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cereal food grain
cloves
/kloʊvz/
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aromatic dried buds
soda
/ˈsoʊdə/
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baking leavening salt
sirup
/ˈsɪrəp/
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thick sweet liquid
sage
/seɪdʒ/
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fragrant culinary herb
pepper
/ˈpɛpər/
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pungent ground spice
sugar
/ˈʃʊɡər/
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sweet crystalline canes
butter
/ˈbʌtər/
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churned cream spread
yeast
/jiːst/
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bread leavening ferment
ginger
/ˈdʒɪndʒər/
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spicy pungent root
nutmeg
/ˈnʌtmɛɡ/
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fragrant spice seed
molasses
/məˈlæsɪz/
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dark cane syrup
Part 2: Lesson 184 • Syllabic -le /əl/ (12 Words) & Kitty Dot Rhyme
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Syllabic -le • 26px Tracks
kindle
/ˈkɪndəl/
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ignite; light a fire
riddle
/ˈrɪdəl/
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puzzling conundrum
needle
/ˈniːdəl/
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slender eyed sewing pin
tinkle
/ˈtɪŋkəl/
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clear ringing sound
handle
/ˈhændəl/
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part held in hand
paddle
/ˈpædəl/
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short wide canoe oar
kettle
/ˈkɛtəl/
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water-boiling pot
ankle
/ˈæŋkəl/
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joint of leg and foot
bundle
/ˈbʌndəl/
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package tied together
cradle
/ˈkreɪdəl/
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rocking infant bed
twinkle
/ˈtwɪŋkəl/
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flicker with gleams
wrinkle
/ˈrɪŋkəl/
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crease; furrow (silent w)
See my kitty, little Dot;
Very pretty, is she
?
My thread ties in a thousand
!
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Wheeler Dictation Task:
Fill in the two homophones (
not
/
knot
):
Part 3: Socratic Inquiry • Syllabic -le, Silent Consonants & Homophone Discrimination
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Orthography • 26px Tracks
1. What vowel sound is heard in the final syllable
-le
of
kettle
and
handle
?
2. Which initial consonants are silent in
wrinkle
and
knot
?
3. Explain the difference in meaning between
not
and
knot
:
Part 4: Creative Kitchen Story • Apply Cooking & -le Target Words
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Story • 26px Tracks
Wheeler directs:
"Write a little story containing as many of these cooking words as possible:"