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The EE Team Takes the Lead

Vowel Teams: EE and EA

Day 16of 180
Week 4of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify and decode words with the ee vowel team

2

Read words with long e sound

3

Understand how vowel teams create sounds

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 34:8

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

— Psalm 34:8 (WEB)

Uses 'see' as an example of the ee vowel team while teaching about God's goodness

📦 Materials Needed

  • Vowel team cards
  • Word building tiles
  • Whiteboard and marker
  • Picture cards with ee words
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in a circle. Show a picture of a tree and ask students what sound they hear in 'tree'.

💭 Review Question: Can you hear the long e sound in this word?
2Teaching (10 min)

Introduce the ee vowel team as two letters that work together to make one sound. When e and e stand together, they make the long e sound.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Two e's make a special sound
  • The sound is called a 'long e' sound
  • Words like 'seed', 'tree', and 'sheep' use this sound
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What other words can you think of with ee?
  • How is the ee sound different from a single e?
3Activity: EE Word Building (7 min)
hands-on

Students create ee words using letter tiles and match them to picture cards

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose a picture card
  2. Build the word using letter tiles
  3. Read the word out loud
  4. Check if the word uses the ee team
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Provide fewer letter tiles

Challenge: Create sentences with ee words

4Closing (3 min)

Review the ee sound and words learned today

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes the ee sound special?
  • Can you tell me one ee word?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us learn new sounds and words today.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about another vowel team that makes the long e sound!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 34:8

“Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good.”

— Psalm 34:8 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing the verse to a simple melody

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Vowel teams are two vowels that work together to make one sound

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice ee words at home
  • Look for ee words in books
  • Make it fun and playful
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between short and long e sounds

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to identify and read ee words

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create an ee word hunt at home
  • Draw pictures of ee words
  • Play a memory game with ee word cards

Ready for Tomorrow?

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