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Unit 7, Part 2: Spelling the long vowel sounds

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Unit 7: Short vowels, Part 2: i, o and u

Unit StartPage 13: Long vowel /i/ : i-e, igh, y, ieCourse Test: Spelling test for long vowel /i/: i-e, igh, y, iePage 15: Spelling test for long vowel /i/: i-e, igh, y, iePage 16: Rules and rule breakers for long vowel /i/Page 17: Homophones for long vowel /i/Page 18: Long vowel /o/ : o-e, oa, ow, oeCourse Test: Spelling test for long vowel /o/: o-e, oa, ow, oePage 20: Spelling test for long vowel /o/: o-e, oa, ow, oePage 21: Rules and rule breakers for long vowel /o/Page 22: Homophones for long vowel /o/Page 23: Long vowel /u/ : u-e, ue, ewCourse Test: Spelling test for long vowel /u/: u-e, ue, ewPage 25: Spelling test for long vowel /u/: u-e, ue, ewPage 26: Homophones, rules and rule breakers for long vowel /u/Course Test: Final test on all the long vowel soundsPage 28: Final test on all the long vowel soundsUnit End

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Spelling the long vowel sound /ī/: i-e, igh, y, ie

/ī/ as in ice-cream

 learning to spell long vowel sound i

Teaching point How to spell the long /ī/ sound:

Sometimes we just need the letter i:
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Sometimes we add another letter. For example:

long vowel sound i

i-e as in kite

Use the split digraph i-e: the i says its name because of the silent e at the end.

Some examples:

hide
life
time
shine
ripe
dive
admire
entire
require
advise
invite
beside
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Learn the Words: i-e words
long vowel sound i

igh as in light

Use the trigraph igh: the three letters come together to make a long /ī/ sound.

Some examples:

high
sigh
bright
flight
fright
plight
slight
tight
delight
nightmare
twilight
highlight
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Learn the Words: igh words
long vowel sound i

y as in sky

Use y to spell the long /ī/ sound at the end of some words.

Some examples:

my
cry
shy
deny
magnify
multiply
rhyme
cycle
dynamic
hyphen
typhoon
psychology
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Learn the Words: y words
long vowel sound i

ie as in tie

Use ie to spell these four words.

die*
lie
pie
tie

When adding a suffix to a word ending in y, use ie
instead of y to spell the long /ī/ sound.

cries
cried
dries
dried
replies
replied
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Learn the Words: ie suffix words

Notes:
1) Words marked * are homophones. See page 17.
2) Words ending in -ice are in Unit 20.


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