New 'ee' spellings, including 'e', 'y', 'ie' and 'ey'
I can know four new spellings for the 'ee' phoneme: 'e', 'ie', 'y' and 'ey'.
New 'ee' spellings, including 'e', 'y', 'ie' and 'ey'
I can know four new spellings for the 'ee' phoneme: 'e', 'ie', 'y' and 'ey'.
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Key learning points
- 'e' is a representation of the 'ee' phoneme that is often found in short high frequency words.
- 'y' is a representation of the 'ee' phoneme that is often found at the end of a word.
- 'ey' is a representation of the 'ee' phoneme that is often found at the end of a word, such as money.
- 'ie' is a representation of the 'ee' phoneme that is often found in the middle of a word.
- How to spell the common exception words: fast, last, past and plant.
Keywords
Rare spelling - Spellings of phonemes that appear less frequently in words
Adjective - An adjective is a word that describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun, such as "happy," "big," or "blue."
Common misconception
Pupils will look for any word with ‘e’ in it and associate it with the long vowel 'ee'.
Teach that ‘e’ can be pronounced in different ways. Emphasise that in most words, the 'e' is making an 'e' phoneme.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
words that name a person, place, thing, or idea
a doing or being word
a word that describes or gives more information about a noun
a word that describes or gives more information about a verb
complete
seeing
seat
Exit quiz
6 Questions
often at the beginning or the end
often at the end of a word
often in the middle of a word
often at the end of a word