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How do I know if my word is EE or EA?
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 words have EA in them?
Study the word list: ea words – set 1
| reach | The higher shelf is out of my reach. |
|---|---|
| teach | They’ll teach us to abseil at the rock-climbing club. |
| deal | His manner conveyed a great deal of arrogance. |
| heal | My arm took a long time to heal. |
| cream | I often have ice cream for dessert. |
How do you teach long EE and EA words?
EE and EA Vowel Teams One trick is to use a guide word with each spelling when introducing these. So you would introduce ee with the word tree, and ea with the word meat. Then when your students ask which spelling to use for a long e word, you can say ‘/ee/ like tree/meat’.
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!
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.
Is EE a Digraph?
A digraph is two letters that spell one sound. Digraphs that spell vowel sounds include the letter pairs ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou. ow, oe, oo, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw.
What are EA words?
EA Spelling Words
| EA Words | Word Family | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| beam | -eam | long e |
| bean | -ean | long e |
| beast | -east | long e |
| beat | -eat | long e |
What are the three sounds of 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 the EE words?
Study the word list: ee words – set 1
| seed | A plant grows from a seed. |
|---|---|
| queen | The queen lives in the palace. |
| deep | A deep shade of red is often referred to as crimson. |
| weep | He couldn´t help but weep when he heard the sad story. |
| creep | The damp was starting to creep up the walls of the house. |
What is the difference between EE and EA?
As nouns the difference between ee and ea. is that ee is (scotland|northern england|and|archaic) an eye while ea is (dialectal) a river or watercourse.
What words have a short e sound spelled ea?
Listen to the short e sound: (short e). It’s the sound in the word bed. An example of a word spelled ea and pronounced with a long e sound is the word team, t-e-a-m . An example of a word spelled ea that is pronounced with a short e sound is head, h-e-a-d.
What words have the ea sound?
These words use the sound we say most often.
How do you spell EA?
ea That is another way to spell the /ē/ sound. So the two ways we are spelling long ē in words this week are double e as in green and ea as in read. Ee and ea are vowel teams. The two vowels in ee and ea work together as a team to say /ē/ as in bee.