Wheeler's Speller • Lessons 78 & 79 • Teacher Master Key

BOOK 1 • LESSONS 78 & 79 WHEELER'S ELEMENTARY SPELLER • ORTHOGRAPHIC MASTER KEY TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL KEY

M Phonetic & Orthographic Matrix: Complete analysis of Lesson 78 & 79 words.

Word	IPA	Pattern / Family	Orthographic Notes	Pedagogical Focus
wall, all, small	/wɔːl/, /ɔːl/, /smɔːl/	Broad ạ + ll	Letter a followed by double l makes broad sound /ɔː/.	Diacritic mark: subscript dot (ạ) or two dots below.
saw, thaw, draw	/sɔː/, /θɔː/, /drɔː/	-aw family (final /ɔː/)	English words rarely end in u, so final /ɔː/ is spelled aw.	Past of see (saw); noun/verb thaw. CC onset in draw.
fawn, lawn, dawn	/fɔːn/, /lɔːn/, /dɔːn/	-awn family	Digraph aw followed by nasal /n/.	Visual discrimination from short /ɒ/ or /æ/ (*fan, don).
haul, vault, fault	/hɔːl/, /vɔːlt/, /fɔːlt/	-aul / -ault (medial au)	Digraph au followed by liquid /l/ and stop /t/.	Notice homophone: haul / hall.
cause, pause, fraud	/kɔːz/, /pɔːz/, /frɔːd/	-ause / -aud	Digraph au before voiced sibilant /z/ (spelled -se) or /d/.	Silent final -e in cause, pause; CC onset in fraud.

K Master Answer Key: Ex 1 Broad a words & Ex 2 Classification.

Lesson 78 Broad A words in couplets: wạll ạll (Alice Cary) | smạll ạll (Phoebe Cary). (Note: labor has long ā /eɪ/).

Lesson 79 Word Classification: -aw: saw thaw draw | -awn: fawn lawn dawn | -aul/-ault: haul vault fault | -ause/-aud: cause pause fraud

Demosthenes Quote: “To find fault is easy.” (Copies on handwriting line).

D Decodable Dictation Sentences: Read each sentence clearly.

Sentence 1 (dawn, lawn, saw)

“At early dawn, we saw a young fawn resting upon the green lawn.”

Sentence 2 (fault, cause, pause)

“Do not pause to find fault when there is no good cause.”

Sentence 3 (draw, haul, thaw)

“The strong horses draw the heavy wagon and haul wood in the spring thaw.”

Sentence 4 (wall, all, vault)

“All the children climbed the stone wall to see the arched garden vault.”