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Phonics: ea words
Connect P3 Term 1: Unit 1
GoalHear and read the sound ea in words.
New words
leaf · a flat green part of a treetea · a hot drinkmeat · food from animals, like chickeneat · put food in your mouthclean · not dirty
Explanation
The letters e and a together can say ee, like in leaf, tea and meat. Say: ea, ea, leaf. Say the sound slowly, then say the word fast. Look at the pictures: leaf, tea, meat, beans, peach. Verbs also have ea: we eat and we clean. Find ea in each word and colour it in your mind.
Worked examples
Listen and say. Find ea in each word.
Mariam eats beans for lunch. Then she eats a sweet peach. Her mum drinks hot tea. A green leaf falls on the floor. Mariam cleans the floor.
Now you. Write ea in the air. Then write it three times on paper.
Class activity
Ea hunt. Look in the kitchen and in books for ea words: tea, beans, meat, peach, leaf. The child points, says the word and writes it. How many ea things can you find in five minutes?
Practice
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Listen. Is the word leaf or life?
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leaf.
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Look. Which picture has ea in its name: the tea or the bus?
The tea.
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Look. Which picture has ea in its name: the meat or the tree?
The meat. (tree has ee.)
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Fill in: cl__n (ea or ee?). It means not dirty.
ea (clean).
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Writing: copy ‘I eat beans.’
I eat beans.