Short and long e sounds

The short vowel sounds are usually written with one alphabet letter.

The long vowel sounds have many different ways of being written in words, not just with the letter e.

Alphabet letters that we call vowels:

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We use these vowel letters to write lots of sounds in words.

Goals

• identify the short and long e sounds and discriminate between them
• write the short and long sounds with the letter e
• know that the long ‘e’ sound can be written in many ways, not just with the letter e
• spell some words that have the short and long e sounds from memory.

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Words that are written with ‘e’ but can be long or short sounds:

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Words that start with a short ‘e’ or a long ‘e’

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Words that start with a long or short ‘a’ sound

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Divide the group in half. One half puts hands up if long e sound and the other if short e sound.

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Extra for experts...Which letters make the ‘e’ sound in these words?

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Are you ready to find short and long ‘e’ sounds? Check out these ‘e’ sound vowel videos first.

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