Front vowels

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Front vowels

• i, I, e, e, æ

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i

• Sample sentence She could see the reaping
  machines in the field.

• Spellings
• e as in he
• ea as in eat
• eo as in people
• ey as in key
• i as in marine
• ee as in see
• ie as in field
• ei as in receipt
• is as in debris
• ae as in Caeser
• ay as in quay
• oe as Phoenix
• y as in easy

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i Practice words

• Beginning
• eat
• evening
• each
• equal
• Eden
• eagle
• ego
• Egypt
• Middle
• mean
• need
• Pete
• team
• increase
• keep
• believe
• receive

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i Practice sentences

• Teach me how to heat the tea.
• Each week we had a new teacher.
• Sleet came from the eastern sky like drops of
  steel.
• The cheese spread made a greasy meal.

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?

• Sample sentence The rich syrup spilled on the
  English book.

• Spellings
• i as in sit
• e as in English
• ui as in build
• y as in syrup
• u as in busy
• ee as in been
• o as in women
• ei as in forfeit
• ie as in sieve

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Practice words

• Beginning
• it
• igloo
• itch
• is
• ingenious
• invent
• Ignite
• into
• Middle
• big
• dinner
• committee
• knit
• king
• flinch
• written
• printing

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? ?

• ear
• fear
• appear
• weird
• career
• hear
• clear
• cheers
• beard
• tear

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practice sentences

• Many a tiny baby likes a bit of honey.
• Rags can ignite if left under a sink.
• Im itching from sitting in poison ivy.
• Is he too ill to pitch this spring?

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Contrast ? and i

• i
• eat
• meat
• deep
• cheek
• cheap
• ?
• it
• mitt
• dip
• chick

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e and e ?
Sample The lady said the train was delayed eight
hours.

• Spellings
• a as in ate
• ea as in break
• ai as in train
• au as in gauge
• ey as in prey
• ei as in eight
• ay as in delay
• ee as in matinee
• et as in sachet

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contrast e and e ?

• e
• mate
• state
• face
• trait
• e?
• maid
• stayed
• faze
• trade

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practice words

• Beginning
• able
• angel
• aim
• acre
• ache
• End
• gray
• pray
• weigh
• stay

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Practice sentences

• Well be able to meet you at the train by eight.
• It would be great to take the day off.
• They attacked the ape on the Empire State
  Building.
• Aim the bug spray away from your face.

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?

• Sample I didnt use my head when I made a bet
  with my friend.
• Spellings
• e as in bet a as in any
• eo as in leopard u as in burial
• ea as in head ie as in friend
• ae as in aesthetic ai as in again
• ei as in heifer

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practice words

• BEGINNING MIDDLE ??END
• extra gentle care
• engine ledge spare
• exit heaven pair
• echo said dare
• elbow energy chair

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practice sentences

• I need every bit of extra energy I can get.
• I sent the rent on Wednesday.
• The square room was carefully fitted with flared
  chair rails.
• Be careful where the bare carpet on the stairs
  has begun to tear.

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Contrast ? and ?

• ? ?
• pen pin
• set sit
• head hit
• bet bit
• well will

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Contrast ? and e

• ? e
• let late
• pen pain
• wet wait
• scent saint
• bet bait

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æ

• Sample A flat tire is no laughing matter.
• Spellings
• a as in pat au as in laugh
• ai as in plaid

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Practice words

• BEGINNING BEGINNING MIDDLE MIDDLE
• actor antler ham grass
• anchor angry have pants
• attic ask band mask
• add ankle ranch bath
• atom amplify fact class

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Practice sentences

• Can I have a hand with this anchor?
• Jack bought a canned ham.
• They were stranded on the grass strip after the
  crash.
• He gets angry when we ask too many questions in
  class.

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Contrast ? and æ

• ? æ
• bet bat
• set sat
• left laughed
• pest past
• end and