Phonics Homework: ee, ea and e-e

Year 1 EnglishPhonics4 pages

About this worksheet

A four-page phonics homework on ee, ea and e-e for Year 1. Children read a short story about Pete's walk to the beach and underline the eight long e words. They sort sheep, tree, green, beach, read, sea, these and Pete into three columns. Next they read six sentences to a grown-up, such as Eve had a sweet peach for her tea, with a tick box for each one. A last task asks for a silly sentence with two of the words. The answers show the finished sort. It follows the England National Curriculum for Year 1 phonics.

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Phonics Homework: ee, ea and e-e: Phonics - page 1

Phonics Homework: ee, ea and e-e: Phonics - page 2

Phonics Homework: ee, ea and e-e: Phonics - page 3

Phonics Homework: ee, ea and e-e: Phonics - page 4

Curriculum objectives covered

Reading - word reading

“Respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes”

The word sort splits one sound across three spellings: ee, ea and e-e.

Reading - word reading

“Read aloud accurately books that are consistent with their developing phonic knowledge and that do not require them to use other strategies to work out words”

The six sentences in Read Aloud Together mix long e words with simple words such as pond, hill and mat.

What's inside this worksheet

Spot the Sound in the Story

A five-sentence story about Pete at the beach, with a picture, for children to underline the eight long e words.

Word Sort

Eight word cards and a table headed ee, ea and e-e to write them in.

Read Aloud Together

Six sentences, from Pete can see a green tree by the pond to Keep these feet clean on the green mat, each with a box for a grown-up to tick.

Extra Challenge

Three lines for a silly sentence that uses two long e words, with a capital letter and a full stop.

Answers

The story with the eight words underlined, the sort with three ee, three ea and two e-e words, and a sample sentence.

How teachers use it

After teaching e-e

Send it home in the week you teach the split digraph. Pete and these are the words most children put in the wrong column.

Use the ticks

Ask families to return page 3. The grown-up ticks show which sentences a child could read smoothly at home.

Make the story harder

Before you print, cover the word list in the Part 1 instruction so children have to find the eight words in the story for themselves.

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