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Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ie’

I can spell a range of words using the letter string ‘ie’.

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Year 5

Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ie’

I can spell a range of words using the letter string ‘ie’.

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Key learning points

  1. There are many ways to spell the ‘ee’ sound, including ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e-e’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’ and ‘ei’.
  2. The rule ‘i before e except after c’ can help choose between ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ when spelling ‘ee’.
  3. The letter string ‘ie’ can represent a range of different sounds.
  4. Some spellings with ‘ie’ are formed from root words ending in ‘y’ and a vowel suffix.
  5. How to spell the curriculum words: ancient, soldier and bargain.

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

Some children may think a letter string can only represent one sound.

Remind pupils of the key phonics principles: a sound can be represented by more than one letter, one sound can be represented by more than one spelling and one spelling can represent more than one sound. It is why the English language is so hard!

Sound buttoning can be useful to identify some sound letter correspondences within the lesson, however, it can often become difficult or problematic in longer words, phonetically irregular words or those with certain suffixes. Identify any words to focus on in advance.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
Correct Answer:valley,4

4

Correct Answer:relief,5

5

Correct Answer:he,2

2

Q2.
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
Correct Answer:lie,2

2

Correct Answer:belief,5

5

Correct Answer:seize,3

3

Q3.
Match the word to the representation of the 'ee' sound it contains.
Correct Answer:e-e,athlete

athlete

Correct Answer:ei,ceiling

ceiling

Correct Answer:ie,relief

relief

Correct Answer:ea,teams

teams

Correct Answer:y,funny

funny

Q4.
Select the words which contain the long vowel ee sound.
Correct answer: hungrily
eight
Correct answer: Easter
sky
Correct answer: compete
Q5.
Select the words which contain the long vowel igh sound.
Correct answer: crime
thief
Correct answer: lie
in
fir
Q6.
Select the words which contain the long vowel ay sound.
Correct answer: weight
receive
boat
Correct answer: they
chair

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words linked to the rule 'i before e, except after c'.
Correct Answer:niece,'i before e' words

'i before e' words

Correct Answer:deceiving,'except after c' words

'except after c' words

Correct Answer:protein,exception to the rule words

exception to the rule words

Q2.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
hygeen
Correct answer: hygiene
hygeine
Q3.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
recievd
recieved
Correct answer: received
receivd
Q4.
Match the words to show the sound the letters 'ie' are making in it.
Correct Answer:applies,‘ie’ makes the sound ‘igh’

‘ie’ makes the sound ‘igh’

Correct Answer:parties,‘ie’ makes the sound ‘ee’

‘ie’ makes the sound ‘ee’

Correct Answer:friend,‘ie’ makes a different sound

‘ie’ makes a different sound

Q5.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
happyer
happyier
Correct answer: happier
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. It was an aynchunt monument.
Correct Answer: ancient

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