Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ei’
I can spell a range of words using the letter string ‘ei’.
Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ei’
I can spell a range of words using the letter string ‘ei’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound, including ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e-e’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’ and ‘ei’.
- The rule ‘i before e except after c’ can help choose between ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ when spelling ‘ee’.
- The letter string ‘ei’ can represent a range of different sounds, including ‘ay’.
- How to spell the curriculum words: height, eighth and foreign.
Keywords
Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound that can change a word's meaning
Grapheme - the letter or group of letters that represent a sound (the spelling)
Exception - a case or situation that does not follow the usual or expected rule or pattern
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the 'ei' spelling only represents the 'ee' phoneme.
Show a range of words with 'ei' representing different sounds. You can stretch and sound button to show the direct phoneme - grapheme correspondence.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
'i before e' words
'except after c' words
exception to the rule words
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ee
ea
e-e
e
ei
ie
Exit quiz
6 Questions
'i before e' words
'except after c' words
exception to the rule words