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.  

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?

      

     Babe

     Incorrect, Baby is correct

     Baby

     Correct, Baby is correct

      

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

     6. 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? 

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

          margin is pronounced
          maa-jn

      

      

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

      

     Navee

     Incorrect, Navy is correct

     Navy

     Correct, Navy is correct

      

• 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?

 

 

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

     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.

9. 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, e, i, and y help each other and are friends.

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 y sound.

But there are a few exceptions to the rule.

How do you make a teacher smile? Say "I get it!"