PRIMARY SPELLING & PHONICS • GRADE 2–3 DOMESTIC VOCABULARY • THE HOME STUDENT WORKSHEET • PAGE 1 OF 2
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LESSON 75 • IN THE HOUSE & DOMESTIC WORDS 16 HOUSE WORDS
Wheeler's Elementary Speller — Page 42
“Study the sixteen domestic words used in and around the home. Group them by rooms, furniture, and meals, and compose a connected narrative.”
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Domestic Vocabulary Clusters — Study the 16 house words and write each under its room or category:
Furniture
chair, lounge, table, sofa
Fixtures
stove, lamp, picture, bookcase
Rooms & Spaces
cellar, parlor, bedroom, kitchen
Daily Meals
breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper
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Orthographic Analysis — Examine the spelling patterns of these household words:
Compound House Words
Identify the 2 base words in bookcase and bedroom:
Silent Letters & Suffixes
Explain the final silent -e in picture and lounge:
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Wheeler Directive — “Write a little story containing as many of these words as possible”:
Domestic Vocabulary & Orthography Rules:
1. Compound Household Words: Words like bookcase (book + case) and bedroom (bed + room) unite two smaller words into one unified term.
2. The Digraph CH in Kitchen & Chair: The /tʃ/ sound is spelled initially in chair and choice, but spelled <-tch-> after short vowels in kitchen.
3. Soft C in Cellar: The letter c followed by e, i, or y makes its soft /s/ sound as in cellar and city.
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lesson 75 • In the House & Domestic Vocabulary Page 1 of 2 (Student Worksheet)