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Unit 6, Part 1: Spelling the short vowel sounds

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Unit 6: Short vowels, Part 1: a, e and i

Unit StartPage 1: Spelling the short vowel sounds: e, ea, o or u?Page 2: Short vowel sound /a/Page 3: Homophones for /a/Page 4: Short vowel /e/: e or ea?Course Test: Spelling test for /e/: e or ea?Page 6: Spelling test for /e/: e or ea?Page 7: Homophones for /e/Page 8: Short vowel /i/: i or y?Course Test: Spelling test for /i/: i or y?Page 10: Spelling test for /i/: i or y?Page 11: Homophones for /i/Unit End

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Spelling the short vowel sound /ĕ/ : e or ea

/ĕ/ as in elephant. Spell elephant

Teaching point Sometimes, the short vowel sound is spelt with ea. See the examples below:
short vowel e

e as in elephant

Some short vowel sounds are spelled with just e.

Some examples:

egg
echo
elbow
every
exactly
explode
bench
helicopter
jelly
lemon
pencil
question
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Learn the Words: Short /e/ spelled ea: set 1
short vowel ea

ea as in bread

Sometimes the short vowel sound is spelled with ea.

Some examples:

head
spread
thread
breath
health
meant
ready
instead
feather
heaven
pleasant
measure
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Learn the Words: Short /e/ spelled ea: set 2

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