Long O with Magic -e Spelling

Today, we are learning about the Long O Sound with the Magic -e like in home, note and stone. 

Long O with -ow Spelling

Today, we are learning about the -ow spelling of the Long O Sound like in snow, blow and grow. 

/oa/ Review Riddle Game and New Book

Today, we reviewed the words that have the /oa/ spelling with a riddle game and we read a new book from the Starfall page, Soap Boat. 

Click on the link below to read Book 11, Soap Boat:

https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/

Long O with the -oa Spelling

We are learning about the Long O Sound with the -oa spelling like in boat, road and soap. Remember that the -oa spelling goes at the beginning or in the middle of the word, never at the end. 

Long /i/ with -igh spelling Dictionary Copy

Today, reviewed  the -igh spelling of the Long I sound like in night, right and sight. In this spelling, the letters -gh are silent. We learned that we live in Ejea de los Caballeros/Ejea of the Knights. We copied and illustrated our vocabulary in our dictionary. You can listen to us reading the words in the video below. 😃

Long I: -igh spelling and worksheet

Today, we are learning that the Long I sound can be written with -igh like in night, light, sight and firefighter. We also completed a worksheet with some of this vocabulary. 

Long i with the Magic -e

Today, we are learning about the Long i Sound with the Magic -e spelling like in bike, five and nine. Let´s have a look at the vocabulary and play a game! We also did these vocabulary worksheets from our packet!

The Sounds of the Letter Yy

Today, we reviewed the three different sounds of the letter Yy. Then, we sorted the words on the board. You can see us do it in the video below. 

Did you know that the letter y is a consonant and a vowel? When it is at the beginning of a word, it is a consonant like in yogurt, yo-yo and yes. When it is at the end of a word by itself, it is a vowel and can make two sounds:

-Long E like in happy, mommy and rainy (in long words)

-Long I like in my, fly and cry (in short words)

Yy as a consonant:

Long I sound with -ie spelling

Today, we reviewed the Long I sound and song. We also copied some words with the -ie spelling in our Phonics Dictionary. 

Long I with -y and -ie Spellings

This week, we have started to review the Long I sound with the -y and -ie spellings like in fly, cry and spy as well as flies, cries and spies. Let´s review!

Long /e/ Sound: -ey Dictionary Copy

Today, we learned about the -ey spelling of the Long /e/ Sound like in monkey, donkey and keys.

We also copied the -ey words in our Phonics Dictionary. 

Long /e/ Spelling Words

Next Friday (February 27th), we are going to have our Long /e/ spelling test (exam). Do you remember how to spell the words? Let´s review by playing the riddle game.

Long /e/: -y and -ie spellings and plurals of words that end in -y

Today, we have reviewed the Long /e/ Sound with the -y spelling and learned about the -ie spelling:

-y like in happy, sunny and family

-ie like in families, candies and babies

Do you know that singular words that end in -y and make the Long /e/ sound transform the letter -y to -ies to make the plural?

one mommy, two mommies

one family, many families

one cherry, many cherries 

We copied the -ie words in our Phonics Dictionary.

Long /e/ Worksheets

Today, we reviewed the -ee, -ea, -e and -y spellings of the Long /e/ Sound by completing this vocabulary worksheet.

The Letter Yy - My Family

Today we reviewed that when the letter Yy

-is at the beginning of a word, it is a consonant and it makes the same sound as in yogurt, yellow and yes.

-is at the end of a word, it is a vowel and it can make the Long E sound like in happy, January and sunny.

We are reading the book My Family on starfall.com:

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm

You can print this book here:

https://teach.starfall.com/lv/global/documents/downloads/yv-myfamily.pdf 

Can you read these words?

Long /e/ with -y spelling

Today, we learned that the Long /e/ sound can also be written with -y like in happy, rainy, and baby. Then, we copied the vocabulary in our Phonics Dictionary. Let´s Review!

Long /e/ with -e spelling and using pronouns

Today, we learned that the letter -e can make two sounds:

- the short /e/ sound like in ten, hen and pet

- the long /e/ sound like in zero, hero, and she

Do you know that he, she, we and me are pronouns? We practiced making lots of sentences with these special words:

-He is a boy.

-She is a girl.

-Give me the marker. 

-We are in class.

-She is sitting.

-We are working.

-He is eating.

Can you think of any more sentences using he, she and we? 

Long /e/ Sound: -ee an -ea Review

Today, we reviewed the Long /e/ sound with the two spellings

-ee like in see, tree and green

-ea like in eat, cream and team

Let's have another look!

Spelling Word Review and Riddle Game

Remember that this Friday we will have our spelling test. You can watch the video below and play the riddle game to review the spelling words. 

The Long a sound and spellings Review

Let´s review the many spellings of the Long a sound. It can be written:

-a like in acorn, vacation and famous
-ai like in rain, snail and brain
-ay like in play, crayon and Monday
-ea like in great, break and steak
-eigh like in neighbor, eight and sleigh
-a_e like in name, snake and plate
-ey like in they

Can you read these words?