LESSON 95 TEACHER GUIDE & ANSWER KEY
LESSON 95 • TEACHER MASTER KEY
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Page 52
| Target Word | Diacritic & Sound | Phonogram / Root | Orthoepic Teaching Point |
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| bread | br&ebreve;ad • /brɛd/ | -ead family • Old English brēad | Digraph shortened to short ĕ; never confuse with *bred* |
| thread | thr&ebreve;ad • /θrɛd/ | -ead family • Digraph th- + r- blend | Consonant blend thr- + short ĕ digraph |
| breath | br&ebreve;ath • /brɛθ/ | -eath family • Voiceless noun | Contrast voiced verb: breathe with long ē |
| health | h&ebreve;alth • /hɛlθ/ | -ealth family • Root heal + -th | Suffix -th caused historical vowel shortening |
| wealth | w&ebreve;alth • /wɛlθ/ | -ealth family • Root weal + -th | Cognate with well-being; short ĕ |
| meadow | m&ebreve;ad-ōw • /mɛd-oʊ/ | Old English mædwe • Disyllable | First syllable short ĕ; second syllable long ō |
Exercise 1 (Matrix Copywork): All 16 words transcribed with breve diacritic (&ebreve;a) marking short e quality.
Exercise 2 (Heteronyms):
1. read: present tense has long ē (/riːd/); past tense has short ĕ (/rɛd/).
2. lead: verb to guide has long ē (/liːd/); noun naming dense metal has short ĕ (/lɛd/).
Exercise 3 (Families):
• -ead: bread, dead, head, read, tread, dread, thread.
• -ealth: health, wealth, stealth.
• -eath: breath, death.
Teaching Tip: Notice how adding -th to heal created health with short ĕ!
- When you read 'bread' and 'meat', what happens to the sound of 'ea'?
- Look at the word 'breath'. How do you change it into the action word 'breathe'?
- How does the word 'heal' relate to the spelling and meaning of 'health'?
Dictation & Oral Application Sentences (Read slowly at normal speaking pace):
1. Good health is of far greater worth to a man than silver or earthly wealth.
2. Mother baked a fresh loaf of warm brown bread for our evening meal.
3. Take a deep breath of the fresh morning air across the flowery green meadow.
4. He wound the fine white linen thread carefully upon the wooden spool.
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lesson 95 • Teacher Master Key
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