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See the EE

Vowel Team EE and EA

Day 56of 180
Week 12of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and decode words with ee vowel team

2

Understand that ee makes a long e sound

3

Build confidence in reading new words

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 4:2

“For I give you good teaching. Don't forsake my law.”

— Proverbs 4:2 (WEB)

Just as God teaches us important lessons, we're learning how letters work together to make sounds

📦 Materials Needed

  • Vowel team cards
  • Letter tiles or magnetic letters
  • Word building mat
  • Pencil
  • Worksheet
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and introduce the 'ee' sound by singing a song about bees and trees

💭 Review Question: What sound do you hear in 'tree'?
2Teaching (8 min)

Demonstrate how ee together make one long e sound

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • When ee are together, they make one sound
  • The sound is like the 'e' in 'me'
  • Examples: bee, see, tree, feet
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you think of other words with ee?
  • Why do letters sometimes work together?
3Activity: EE Word Building (8 min)
hands-on

Students build and read ee words using letter tiles

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each student a word building mat
  2. Demonstrate building 'bee' and 'see'
  3. Let students create their own ee words
  4. Read words aloud together
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Provide letter tiles with ee already assembled

Challenge: Students write their own ee words independently

4Closing (4 min)

Review ee words learned today

📝 Review Questions:
  • What sound does ee make?
  • What ee words did we learn?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us learn and grow today.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play a fun game with our ee words!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 34:8

“Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.”

— Psalm 34:8 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Play 'Taste and See' game where children act out words from verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning vowel teams that make long sounds

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice ee words at home
  • Encourage playful word discovery
  • Use real-world examples
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing when ee makes the long e sound

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Confidence in reading and building ee words

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create an ee word hunt around the house
  • Draw pictures of ee words
  • Make a bee-themed ee word poster

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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