Year 1Vowel teams
ee words
The letters e and e work together to make the long /ee/ sound.
ee/ē/ as in green
Words with ee
Tap a word to see its sounds and hear it.
ee in the middle
ee at the end
Read ee in a sentence.
Every sentence is checked against the sound.
- 1I see a bee.
- 2A bee is on the tree.
- 3I can see her feet.
- 4Three sheep sleep here.
How to teach ee
- Introduce the vowel digraph. Explain that a vowel digraph is two vowels that work together to make one sound.
- Model saying the target phoneme three times.
- Students repeat.
- Check articulation and correct mouth placement.
- Identify the phoneme in the example words.
Other ways to spell /ē/
- e
- e-e
- ea
- ey
- ie
- y
Decodable stories with ee.
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Make a whole ee lesson.
Slides, words and sentences, matched to the sounds your class has learned.