Spelling the 'e' phoneme with 'ea' and the 'ch' phoneme using 'tch'
I can spell words like head, bread, catch and pitch.
Spelling the 'e' phoneme with 'ea' and the 'ch' phoneme using 'tch'
I can spell words like head, bread, catch and pitch.
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Key learning points
- 'ea' can be used to represent the 'e' phoneme.
- 'tch' is the representation of 'ch' usually used after a short vowel.
- Exceptions to the 'tch' principle include the words: rich, which, much and such.
- How to spell the common exception words: any and many.
Keywords
Short vowel - a vowel sound that sounds short when spoken like "a" in "cat" or the "o" sound in "hot"
Long vowel - sounds where a vowel makes the same sound as the way it's name is pronounced
Digraph - two letters that represent one sound
Trigraph - three letters that represent one sound
Common misconception
'ea' can be pronounced in a number of different ways (/ee/, /ay/, /e/)
Explicitly teach the most common spellings of the 'ea' spelling for the 'e' sound. Give time to practising both reading and writing them.
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a vowel sound that sounds short when spoken
a vowel sound spoken for longer than its short version
three letters that represent one sound
two letters that represent one sound