Long Vowel Teams and other silent letters
Unit 9: Long Vowel Teams: ea, ee Unit Focus feel
beach
freeze
east
street
scream
three
repeat
sleeve
please
between
leave Tricky Words
great
because
In Letterland when two Vowel Men go out walking, the first one waves and says his name, but the second man won’t do the same (e.g. reach, feel). He is the silent look-out man making sure the robot Vowel Stealers don’t capture them. The trick is knowing whether to spell a word with ea or ee. This week’s pair of Unit plays (Unit Story in two acts) will help. Just teach children to think about which play the word appears in to give them a clue as to which spelling to use. These two vowel pairs help introduce a new syllable type, the Vowel Team Syllable, in which two or more adjacent letters represent one vowel phoneme (e.g. ea, ee, ai, ay, oo, ou, ow, igh). Children can recognize most Vowel Team Syllables by noticing two vowels together. The Letterland story logic for the various combinations will help them learn and remember the sounds.
List A beach east street freeze three repeat
feel sleeve scream leave please between
Picture Code Cards for review z, ch, ea/ē/*, ee*, th, th, qu, ve* d/–/, e/–/*, -ed/ed/, -ed/d/, -ed/t/, ge * Introduced in this Unit
PCCs or LSCs APCCs
List B cheese teeth squeak speak sleeve peach
least sweet breathe squeeze three repeat
List C sweet queen peak meal breeze repeat
feel leave stream freeze steal between
Diagnostic Words breeze, speak, teeth, least
scream, between, leave, freeze
peach, east, squeeze, street
Tricky Words: great, because Story Words: mountain, eagle, magic, second, possible, reappear, tongue, beautiful Review Words: catch, itch, pocket, bucket, saved, tricked, judge, globe New Spelling Sentences: The queen said their trick was great. Mr. A did not speak because he was the look-out man.
Day 1 Materials • Picture Code Cards (PCCs) for Review plus b, c, ē, f, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, t, w, ck • Vowel Scene Poster: Vowels out walking • Beyond ABC and/or Story Phonics software • Unit 9 Word Cards, List A, B, or C on the pocket chart as shown • Six Syllable Types Poster • Unit 9 Unit Story • Unit 9 Student List
Phonics concept review Write the words catch and rocket on the board. Ask children to explain the story logic from the previous Unit that helps them read these words.
Introduce new concepts PCCs: b, f, l, r, s, t, t, z, ch, ea/ē/, ee, ve APCC: e/–/ Words: beach, east, feel, street, leave, sleeve, freeze
Unit 9 : Long Vowel Teams : ea, ee
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