Starter quiz
- Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- delete⇔5 ✓
- see⇔2 ✓
- cheat⇔3 ✓
- Select the correct word to complete the sentence so it makes sense. 'I would never __________ a cookie from the cookie jar.'
- steal ✓
- steel
- stele
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- Choose two more spellings that can also represent the sound 'ee' like in tree.
- e-e ✓
- ea ✓
- oe
- i
- ay
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- Choose two words that rhyme with the word steam.
- keep
- team ✓
- steal
- dream ✓
- freeze
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. 'The __________ finished the race in a record time.'
- athleet
- athlete ✓
- afleat
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. 'My younger brother is __________ years old.'
- three ✓
- free
- threa
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Exit quiz
- Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. 'The __________ opened behind me.'
- dore
- door ✓
- dor
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- Select the word which is an exception to our 'e-e' spelling rule.
- even ✓
- delete
- these
- serene
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- Match the homophones.
- sea⇔see ✓
- weak⇔week ✓
- meat⇔meet ✓
- feat⇔feet ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. Your garden is looking very grean this year.
- 'green' ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. They defended the goal well and didn't conceed a single goal.
- 'concede' ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. I cannot wait to 'eet' my lunch.
- 'eat' ✓
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Key learning points
- 'ee' and 'ea' are common spellings of the 'ee' phoneme.
- e-e' is a representation of the 'ee' phoneme that is often found 'last but one'.
- Some words do not follow the rule, meaning they are an exception, such as 'even'.
- How to spell the common exception words: door, floor and poor.
Common misconception
Even is an exception to the rule when looking at generalisations for the e-e split digraph.
Explicitly refer to this during teaching and ensure practise is given to spelling exception words.
Keywords
Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound
Grapheme - the letter or group of letters that represent a sound
Common - a spelling that appears very often
Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
Exception - a spelling that does not follow the usual or expected rule or pattern
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