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Phonics: ee and our project
Connect P2 Term 1: Unit 2
GoalHear and say the sound ee and make a handprint bird.
New words
bee · an insect that makes honeytree · a tall plant with leavessheep · a farm animal with woolgreen · the colour of grasshandprint · a picture of your hand in paint
Explanation
The letters e and e together say ee, like in bee. Say: bee, tree, sheep, green. Say ee with a big smile. Project: make a handprint bird. Paint your hand. Press it on paper. Add a beak, an eye and two legs. Then say: This is my bird.
Worked examples
Listen and say. Find the ee.
A green bee sits in a tree. Three sheep are asleep under the tree.
Paint your hand.→Press it on paper.→Draw a beak, an eye and two legs.→Say: This is my bird!
Look at the steps of the project.Class activity
Make a handprint bird. Use paint, or a pencil if you have no paint. Draw round your hand. Add a beak, an eye and two legs. Colour it. Say: Look at my bird. It has a beak and two legs.
Practice
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Listen. Does the word have ee: tree or sun?
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tree.
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Look. Which picture has ee: a bee or a cat?
The bee.
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Look. Which picture has ee: a sheep or a pig?
The sheep.
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Fill in: gr__n (ee or ar?).
ee (green).
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Writing: write ee three times. Then copy ‘tree’.
ee ee ee tree