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How do you teach long EE and EA words?

Jim Brown

How do you teach long EE and EA words?

Teach ee and ea words phonics together Write a sentence containing both spelling patterns. For example, “Dean can see the bee land on the green leaf.” Encourage the struggling reader to analyze the ee and ea words and highlight the phonics units. Underline ee and ea and ask the student what each unit says.

Why does EA say E?

The combination of the vowels “e” and “a” typically result in a long e sound. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule, e.g., bread and wealth, which result in a short e sound. The ”ee” spelling words and “ea” spelling words” make the long e sound.

Does EA make the long a sound?

In three words, the long /a/ sound is spelled with the letters ea: break. great. steak.

Is there a rule for EE and EA?

There is not a rule dictating when to use EE, EA, E at the end of a syllable, or E with a silent E to spell the long /ē/ sound. At the end of a syllable within a base word, E is most common (as in he and cedar), but EE and EA are still permitted (agree, tea), so this is not an absolute rule that lets you know for sure.

How do you know when to use EE or EA in a word?

Most long-e sounds fit the two vowels rule. Long e is spelled either with ee, like in meet, seed, and weed, or ea, like in team, seat, and bead. The two vowels come side by side, but the first is the one that makes its long sound. A long-o sound is also often spelled with two vowels.

Is there a rule for EE or EA?

Why does EA have 3 sounds?

Lesson 1 ea introduces one of the three sounds for ea, /ē/ as in eat, which is its most frequent sound. The Key Word Concept Sheet contains all three sounds. Some ea words have an e at the end, such as leave, weave, eave, and heave. These words have a silent e because words in English never end with the letter v.

What are three common ea sounds?

The seal left the sea and sat on the beach. Lesson 1 ea introduces one of the three sounds for ea, /ē/ as in eat, which is its most frequent sound. The /ĕ/ sound of ea, as in bread, is taught in Lesson 2. The /ā/ sound of ea, as in steak, is taught in Lesson 3.

What are three common sounds for EA?

Why is it important to learn EA and Ea together?

Learning ea and ee together can improve retention. Students see that ea and ee have the same sound, but different spelling patterns. (At the bottom of this post, I’ve attached a free long vowel phonics book that focuses on ee and ea words phonics.)

How to know when to use EE or EA?

In the case of EE and EA, for example, no rule dictates which may be used where. In fact, we often have homophones differentiated by two different spellings of the same sound, such as peek and peak , meet and meat, or see and sea . This happens with other spellings too, such as toe and tow. How does this work, then?

Is the sound of an EA the same as an EA?

Students see that ea and ee have the same sound, but different spelling patterns. (At the bottom of this post, I’ve attached a free long vowel phonics book that focuses on ee and ea words phonics.)

Do you ignore the a in an EA word?

This “rule” is a myth. Deliberately teach your student to notice the a in “ea.” If you teach him to ignore the second vowel, the child will make frequent mistakes on vowel digraphs that break the “first vowel does the talking” myth. There are lots of vowel digraphs wherein the first vowel DOES NOT “do the talking.”

How do you teach long EE and EA words?

Jim Brown

How do you teach long EE and EA words?

Teach ee and ea words phonics together Write a sentence containing both spelling patterns. For example, “Dean can see the bee land on the green leaf.” Encourage the struggling reader to analyze the ee and ea words and highlight the phonics units. Underline ee and ea and ask the student what each unit says.

Why do we use EE or EA?

Most long-e sounds fit the two vowels rule. Long e is spelled either with ee, like in meet, seed, and weed, or ea, like in team, seat, and bead. The two vowels come side by side, but the first is the one that makes its long sound. A long-o sound is also often spelled with two vowels.

What is the EE rule?

Both “ee” and “ey” say the long E sound. We usually use “ee” in the middle of the word (think green, teen, sneeze) and “ey” at the end of the word (key, monkey, trolley, kidney). To help our students remember this rule, we use the keywords “green” and “key.”

What is the phonics rule for EA?

Rule: Two vowels side by side in a word, make one sound and have more than one pronunciation. Vowel team ea is pronounced with the long e as in seat AND short e as in head. Sort the Spelling Words by the vowel team /ea/ sounds. Write neatly!

What are three common sounds for EA?

The seal left the sea and sat on the beach. Lesson 1 ea introduces one of the three sounds for ea, /ē/ as in eat, which is its most frequent sound. The /ĕ/ sound of ea, as in bread, is taught in Lesson 2. The /ā/ sound of ea, as in steak, is taught in Lesson 3.

What are some EE words?

The table below contains over 100 words. Our ee word list was compiled using the following word families: -ee, eech, -eed, -eek, -eel, -eem, -een, -eep, -eer, -eet, and -eeze….EE Words.

EE Words Word Family Sound
beer -eer long e
beet -eet long e
bleed -eed long e
breech -eech long e

What are three common ea sounds?

Is EA a special sound?

The consonants, short vowels, and long-vowels spelled with two letters are not included in the 132 Special Sounds, except for a few exceptions (ea has three sounds). The Special Sounds relate especially to the spelling program, which is one of the strong points of the first and second grade programs.

How to write EE and EA at the same time?

When using the ee or ea spellings write both vowels, use 2 fingers to touch each vowel at the same time for the vowel teams, and say sound. After the words are decoded, briefly discuss meanings of words that may be unfamiliar to the students. Reread the lines of words with the class.

Is there a spelling rule to know when to use ee, ee, and E?

Is there a rule to know when to use ee, ea, or e when spelling a word? There is not a rule dictating when to use EE, EA, E at the end of a syllable, or E with a silent E to spell the long /ē/ sound.

Are there long vowels in EE and EA?

ee and ea are both long vowels. These vowel patterns include the following sounds: ai as in train, _ay as in bay, ee as in bee, ea as in speak, igh as in light, oa as in boat, ow as in glow _y as in my and _______y as in bunny. There are lots of long vowel sounds. If you’re student needs to practice them, check out our long vowel phonics books.

Why is it important to learn EA and Ea together?

Learning ea and ee together can improve retention. Students see that ea and ee have the same sound, but different spelling patterns. (At the bottom of this post, I’ve attached a free long vowel phonics book that focuses on ee and ea words phonics.)