Long Vowels: E

Last week we focused on the combination of letters that create the long E sound.

Long E: ee, ea, ei, ey, and sometimes e alone.

Students were first asked to practice the sound of short 'e' on its own and in words we hear it in, such as: ten, send, hen. Then, students were taught that in certain scenarios, we stretch the sound of e - this is referred to as 'long e'. This occurs when 'e' sees his:

• vowel friends = a and i (meat, beach, peach, sea, tea) , (ceiling, weird, protein)
• his twin brother 'e' (sheep, meet, feet, bee, cheese)
• and his non-vowel friend, 'y'. (key, monkey, honey)

In unique cases, we find that the long e sound can be formed by e alone.

• be
• me
• we
• she

We practised long e's by reading stories, finding words that featured long e's, writing them on the board, saying them out loud, identifying the combination of letters that make the long e sound, and even practising how the word would sound if we removed any of e's 'friends' (a, i, e, y).

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