The ee Sound

When two vowels take a walk, the first one does the talking! Scholars see this motto put to use as they study the /ee/ sound in various spelling patterns. Learners read a short introduction on this concept before reading several example words aloud. Consider partnering kids up so they can do this with a friend. They label three pictures with the ee spelling pattern followed by a sentence copy involving three words with that pattern. Linguists do the same thing with the ea spelling, but don't complete a sentence.