The Sounds of “EA” Created by Grace Bryant gl_bryant@hotmail.com For class viewing: Select “View” and then “Slide Show” or the small screen icon at the bottom left side of the screen. Then click the mouse or “Enter” to show the program. For teaching suggestions: Select “View”and then “Notes Page”, or Alt. and “VN” or the square and two lines icon at the bottom left of screen. You get to say whatever you please! We want to say whatever we please! Sometimes we say e as in tease. We are here to tease you! So ha, ha, ha, on you! E and A aren’t very nice! But we don’t get mad, We don’t get sad, We get smarter! That idea is a secret weapon against teasers! Let’s practice the e sound of ea! ea beak ea team ea mea l ea seal ea deal ea squeak ea speak ea sneak ea peak ea You get to say whatever you please! We want to say whatever we please! Sometimes we say e as in pleasure. It is a pleasure to tease you! So ha, ha, ha, on you! We don’t get mad, We don’t get sad, We get smarter! That idea is a secret weapon against teasers! Let’s work on both of those sounds. We won’t let E and A get us down. Rhymes with feather: weather leather Rhymes with head: read dead Rhymes with thread: spread dread Rhymes with measure: pleasure treasure Three of the EA patterns make the same sound. Students can signal with their fingers the EA word that does not. Which EA word doesn’t belong? 1 preach 3 mean 2 4 bread squeal Which EA word doesn’t belong? 1 threat 3 steady 2 4 health peach Which EA word doesn’t belong? 1 real 3 ahead 2 4 scream eager Which EA word doesn’t belong? 1 ahead 3 ready 2 4 leaves wealth Which EA word doesn’t belong? 1 bead 3 dead 2 4 head bread Which EA word doesn’t belong? 1 weapon 3 easily 2 4 clean veal We make 2 different sounds in “read”. I bet they can’t read “read”. Yesterday I read that. I like to read. Have you read that? Can you read this? Tomorrow we will read. We love to read “read