© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-37 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide longer word has the vowel team ee, ea, or ie, then that syllable has a long e sound. Demonstrate with familiar words children should already know. Have them decode the words between, disagree, teacher, beneath, and believe. Practice A • Identify long vowel sound-spellings Model item 1. Review the sounds of both vowel teams. Say: The letters ee sound like /ē/, and the letters ai sound like /ā/. What vowel sound do you hear in the word green? (/ē/) Play the audio or say the word green again. Ask: Which vowel team spells the vowel sound you hear in the word green? (ee) Point to or circle the ee in item 1. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. They should practice saying each sound and word aloud. SCRIPT: 1. /ē/, green 2. /ē/, treat 3. /ē/, field Answers: 1. ee 2. ea 3. ie B • Distinguish between vowel sounds Model the example. Say: You will hear two words. Both words have the same beginning and ending sounds. The vowel sound in the middle is different. Listen for the long e sound. Play the audio or say the words tree and tray aloud. Ask: Which word has the long e sound: tree or tray? (tree) Point to or circle the word tree. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. cheese 2. seat 3. niece 4. leak 5. week 6. brief Page P-51 C • Build and decode words with ee vowel team Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters ee. What sound does ee make? (/ē/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound does the letter b make? (/b/) If we add ee after b, what word do we make? (bee) Decode and say bee, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Answers: 1. deep 2. sheet 3. feel 4. see D • Build and decode words with ea vowel team Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters ea. What sound does ea make? (/ē/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound do the letters st make? (/st/) What sound does the letter m make? (/m/) If we add ee between st and m, what word do we make? (steam) Decode and say steam, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Answers: 1. please 2. read 3. reach 4. clean E • Build and decode words with ie vowel team Model the example. Say: Let’s build words with the letters ie. What sound does ie make? (/ē/) Point to the example. Ask: What sound do the letters th make? (/th/) What sound does the letter f make? (/f/) If we add ie between th and f, what word do we make? (thief) Decode and say thief, then have children repeat. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word. Answers: 1. belief 2. piece 3. chief 4. Shield F • Spell one-syllable words with vowel teams Explain to children that they should look at the picture, name what it shows, and then use the letters to spell that word. Write the letters pesel on the board. Then point to the example and say: The example shows someone sleeping. Play the audio or say sleep aloud. Segment the word into individual sounds. Ask: What sounds do you hear in sleep? (/s/ /l/ /ē/ /p/) What letter makes the first sound, /s/? (s) Cross out the s in pesel and then write the letter s on the board. Repeat the process for l, ee, and p, crossing out the letters you hear and adding to the word you are making on the board. Ask: How do you spell sleep? (s, l, e, e, p) How is the long e sound spelled is in this word? (ee) Then play the audio and have children complete the activity, naming the pictures, saying each word aloud, and unscrambling the letters to spell each word correctly. Answers: 1. beans 2. pier 3. meet
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