Skill: Long (e) spelling pattern (ea)
Long vowel rule: When two vowels go walking the first (vowel) does the talking,the second (vowel) does the walking.
In the word "teach" –– “e” (says its name), “a” (is silent).
Read these words.
| beach | feast | meat | sea |
| beagle | flea | neat | seal |
| cheat | heal | peach | seat |
| clean | jeans | peanut | speak |
| cream | leaf | reach | teach |
| dream | lean | read | teapot |
| each | least | reap | treat |
| eat | mean | scream | weak |
What is the long (e) spelling pattern in the words listed above? _________________
Can you think of any more words that have this (ea) spelling pattern? List them.
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Dictation/Spelling Practice for (ea) words
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Read these sentences.
- My neighbor teaches at the beach.
- I like to be clean and neat.
- Peanuts are a good treat.
- The seal screeched a mean scream.
- I feel weak and must sneak a peach.
- Will the beetle eat the leaf?
- My teacher is on sick leave.
- I will eat meat at the feast.
- I can see a seal swimming in the sea.
- Can you heal the eagle and set him free?
- The cat had to flee from the mean flea.
- Jean cleaned and bleached her jeans.
- The least bit of cream on the seat must be cleaned.
- The teacher reached each student by speaking to them.
- When will the teacher wear the beads I gave her?
- Does a beaver eat a heap of beans.
- Our speaker at the assembly was Least Heat Moon.
- I have read all the stories the teacher is reading to us.
Create two sentences. Please include words that have the long (e) spelling pattern (ea). Remember all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation point (!). Be attentive to penmanship. Do not mix upper and lowercase letters.
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Make a simple illustration of your favorite sentence.