Year 2Trigraphs
ire words
The three letters 'ire' work together to spell /ire/ as in 'fire' and 'wire'.
ire/ire/ as in firefly
Words with ire
Tap a word to see its sounds and hear it.
ire in the middle
ire at the end
Read ire in a sentence.
Every sentence is checked against the sound.
- 1The wire is on fire.
- 2We admire the campfire.
- 3Put the wire in the fire.
- 4The vampire sat by the fire.
How to teach ire
- Introduce the vowel trigraph. Explain that a vowel trigraph is three letters 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.
Decodable stories with ire.
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Make a whole ire lesson.
Slides, words and sentences, matched to the sounds your class has learned.