Ending sounds /e/ or /i/

 

In earlier activities we helped you understand sounds and how to Sound out Words by Talking to your Pencil. Get ready to take those skills to the next level! We'll use Talking to your Pencil to find tricky parts in words.

There are 9 super cool Activities waiting for you, each focusing on a specific spelling trip-up. For example, we'll figure out if "kettle" starts with a "k" like "kitten" or with a "c" like "cat." Oh, and what about "clown"? Should it start with a "k" (kitten) or a "c" (cat)? We'll become word detectives and learn awesome tricks to nail these spellings.

 

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Description automatically generated  awesome is pronounced
  aw-suhm (means, wonderful, perfect)
 

 


These next Activities have epic names, like "Double Letter" and "Swimming Pool Words." And how about "C or K to Start a Word" (kettle clown)? These names will help us remember these kick-ass methods!

 

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Description automatically generated  double is pronounced
  duhb-uhl (means two of)
 



No need to rush, yo! Chill, and do one activity a day. Trust me, this way of learning is a blast! 

This first one is for the tricky end-word sound as e or i. So start off by listening to the audio.



Go to the Activity 6 pages of your Decoding Book. Rule a margin on the right-hand side.

  1. Child Mosquito
  2. Draw the above picture in your book.

  3. Say bab-ee. What is the ending sound?

    • Good, that's right. You didn't use e that time. What did you use?
      Shut your eyes, listen; bab-ee -What do you hear?

    • Let's try some more words:
      Do you play rugby or do you play rugbee?

       

      • Which spelling is correct?

       

       

        1. In the margin write what sound you hear last, an /e/ sound. Draw a circle around it, locking it into place.

        2. Now, write the word that means 'to think of something in the past', which begins m?mor?. Talk to your pencil and write the word.

          Did you write memoree or memory? 

        3. Ah, look in the margin - e is already locked up so you can't use e.

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Description automatically generated  margin is pronounced
            maa-jn

       

       

      • Do you join the navy or do you join the navee.

       

       

  • Good, that's right. You didn't use e that time. What did you use?

 

  • Let's try some more words:
    Do you play rugby or do you play rugbee?

 

 

  • Is he handy or hande?

 

 

  • Do you walk Slowlee or Slowly?

 

 

  • Is your piggybank Empty or Emptee?

 

 

What about the other image above?
Such as for that bothersome insect, is it a fli or fly?

 

 

    1. As you did in the first example, write /i/ in the margins, and draw a circle around it to lock it into place.

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Description automatically generated  example is pronounced
        uhg-zaam-pl
       

       

      Do you satisfi or satisfy? Do you magnify or magnifi?

      Now, we are ready to fill in the margin.

    2. e is locked up  what did you use instead? Yes, a 'Y'
      i is locked up  what did you use instead? Yes, a 'Y'.
      Write y in the margin in green and put a tick next to it.
      So, ei, and y help each other and are friends.

 

 

THE PATTERN (write it down in your Decoding Book)



This activity is all about tricky /e/ and /i/ sounds. But they are only tricky when at the end of a word.

Say the following to yourself as if a poem: At the end of words in hearing the sound e, or i, you mostly use the letter y, or  cry.

 

Another reason to Talk to your pencil is to help you listen to the sound at the end of the word, to hear if it is an e or i sound.
If you see a word you do not know, and it has a y at the end, it is usually pronounced with an e or i sound at the end, not a sound.

But there are a few exceptions to the rule.



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