Lesson 49 • Teacher Instructional Guide • Wheeler's Speller

BOOK 1 • LESSON 49 WHEELER'S ELEMENTARY SPELLER • ORTHOGRAPHIC MASTER KEY TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL KEY

M Morphological Matrix: Drop final silent e before vowel suffixes -ed and -ing.

#	Base Word	With -ed / IPA	With -ing / IPA	Root Pattern	Orthographic & Phonetic Rule Notes
1	hope	hoped /hoʊpt/	hoping /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/	VCe (long ō)	Drop silent e; -ed sounds like /t/ after unvoiced stop /p/. Root vowel stays long /oʊ/.
2	wave	waved /weɪvd/	waving /ˈweɪvɪŋ/	VCe (long ā)	Drop silent e; -ed sounds like voiced /d/ after voiced fricative /v/. Root vowel is /eɪ/.
3	love	loved /lʌvd/	loving /ˈlʌvɪŋ/	VCe (short ŭ)	Drop silent e; English words do not end in v, so silent e was structural. Root vowel is short /ʌ/.
4	move	moved /muːvd/	moving /ˈmuːvɪŋ/	VCe (long o͞o)	Drop silent e; root vowel produces /uː/. -ed is voiced /d/.
5	live	lived /lɪvd/	living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/	VCe (short ĭ)	Drop silent e; short vowel /ɪ/ followed by protected v. -ed sounds like voiced /d/.

K Master Answer Key: Complete student table, questions, and sentence solutions.

Exercise 1 Word Building Solutions:
• wave: waved waving | • love: loved loving
• move: moved moving | • live: lived living

Exercise 2 Discovery Solutions:
• Question a: Silent (not pronounced as an independent vowel).
• Question b: It is dropped (omitted before a suffix starting with a vowel).
• Question c: hoping (the silent e is dropped).

Exercise 3 Sentence Solutions:
• 1. waving | 2. lived | 3. moving | 4. loved

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly, emphasizing suffix pronunciation.

Sentence 1 (hoped, living)

“We hoped the little bird was living in the nest.”

Sentence 2 (waved, loving)

“She waved her hand and smiled with loving eyes.”

Sentence 3 (moved)

“They moved into the cottage near the green hedge.”

Sentence 4 (loved, waving)

“The children loved waving to the passing ship.”