Year 1Vowel teams
ie words
The letters i and e can work together to make the long /igh/ sound.
The letters i and e can work together to make the long /ee/ sound.
ie/ī/ as in flies
Words with ie
Tap a word to see its sounds and hear it.
ie in the middle
ie at the end
Read ie in a sentence.
Every sentence is checked against the sound.
- 1The magpie flies.
- 2The thief has my cookie.
- 3I tried the pie.
- 4My niece ate a cookie.
How to teach ie
- 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.
- Explain that the vowel digraph ie has two common pronunciations. The most common pronunciation is the long /igh/ phoneme (e.g. pie, tie, died, cried). A less common pronunciation is the long /ee/ phoneme (e.g. chief, field, piece).
- 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.
- Explain that the vowel digraph ie has two common pronunciations. The most common pronunciation is the long /igh/ phoneme (e.g. pie, tie, died, cried).
Decodable stories with ie.
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Make a whole ie lesson.
Slides, words and sentences, matched to the sounds your class has learned.