EE or EA? Vowel-Team Word Sort

Read fourteen words and sort them by their ee or ea spelling. Use the completed page to check the two groups.
Grades
Grades 1–2
Pages
2
File type
PDF

Updated Aug 02, 2021

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, ELA
Resource types
Worksheets
Ontario expectations
B2.5 — use developing orthographic knowledge

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This Vowel Worksheet will help your students practice reading and writing EE and EA words. By correctly sorting the words into the proper columns, students will develop a better understanding of these vowel combinations.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognize EE and EA within printed words
  • Sort fourteen words by vowel-team spelling
  • Compare two spellings that can represent a long-E sound

Teaching tips

  • Underline the vowel team in each word before placing it in a column.
  • Check the fourteen-word sort only after both EE and EA columns are complete.

Skills covered

  • Vowel-team identification — learners locate EE or EA
  • Word classification — learners place each word in one of two columns
  • Orthographic comparison — learners distinguish similar-sounding spellings

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Ontario curriculum expectations

Ontario expectations

  • B2.5 — use developing orthographic knowledge , including position-based tendencies , to make a spelling choice or accurately pronounce a word when reading

Core concepts

  • EE and EA vowel teams
  • Word sorting

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