Teaching the Different Vowel Patterns ea

Teach Kids the Vowel Pattern ea. It makes three sounds:
long e, short e, and ea followed by r.
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Phonics: It is the ability to match individual sounds
with their corresponding letters or letter patterns to
read words. However, sometimes letter and letter
patterns don’t follow the rules as in the rule: when two
vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.
The peach was deliciou s .
She used the br ead for a sand wich .
He could h ear the bir d singi ng .
yes
no
no

Explain to kids that the
long vowel pattern ea
does follow the rule and
makes the long e sound.
ea
long ea vowel
Explain to kids when the
ea vowel pattern is followed
by r, it makes a different
sound.
ea ea
short ea vowel
ea vowel
followed by r
The 3 sounds: long ea, short ea and ea vowel followed by r
short vowel pattern ea does
not follow the rule and
makes the short e.

Explain to kids that the long vowel pattern ea does follow the rule
and makes the long e sound. It can appear at the beginning, within
or ending part of a word.

Flash cards are a great way for kids
to practice word recognition. USE
the teaching templates from this
video to print, cut and use as ready
made flash cards or use the
templates to print words on labels
and then place the labels on index
cards.
Activity 1
Long vowel pattern ea flash cards

Provide kids with several opportunities to practice
words. Put the words read correctly in one stack, and
those read incorrectly in a separate stack Shuffle
and review the words that kids need more practice
with.

eat
easy
each
beads
eagle
beans
easel
beach
east
beat

clean
leaf
cream
leader
dream
feast
heat
peach
peak
reach

team
flea
seal
pea
seat
sea
speak
tea
treat
sneakers

Picture cards are also a great way
for kids to practice word
understanding. USE the teaching
templates from this video to print,
cut and use as ready made picture
cards or use the templates to print
pictures on labels and then place
the labels on index cards.
Activity 2
Long vowel pattern ea picture cards

Activity 2
Word Understanding
Now that kids have practiced and are familiar with
long vowel pattern ea words, have them review and
name the pictures in preparation for the picture /
word match activity.
east
1
+1
2
I did
It!

east
1
+
1
2

peach
beads
beat
feast
flea
each
eagle
reach
beach
cream
heat
team
Activity 3
Word Recognition and
Understanding Word / Picture Match

Have kids fill in the missing words to complete the cloze activity.
The word choices are: beach, beat, dream, each. heat, peach, seat,
sneakers, and tea.
Ben’s ________ came true. The next day his family drove to the
________ , to get out of the _______. Ben was so excited he could
feel his heart ________. To stay cool, they wore ________ on the
sand and set up an umbrella and a ______for ______ person. They
also brought lemonade and _______ ice ______.
Activity 4
Word Recognition
and Understanding

The word choices are: beach, beat, dream, each. heat, peach, seat,
sneakers, and tea.
Ben’s ________ came true. The next day his family drove to the
________ , to get out of the _______. Ben was so excited he could
feel his heart ________. To stay cool, they wore ________ on the
sand and set up an umbrella and a ______for ______ person. They
also brought lemonade and _______ ice ______.
Activity 4
Word Recognition
and Understanding
dream
beach heat
beat sneakers
seat each
peach tea

long vowel pattern ea
does follow the rule and
makes the long e sound.
ea
long ea vowel
Explain to kids when the
ea vowel pattern is followed
by r, it makes a different
sound.
ea ea
short ea vowel
ea vowel
followed by r
The 3 sounds: long ea, short ea and ea vowel followed by r
short vowel pattern ea does
not follow the rule and
makes the short e.

Flash cards are also a great way for
kids to practice word recognition.
USE the teaching templates from
this video to print, cut and use as
ready made flash cards or use the
templates to print words on labels
and then place the labels on index
cards.
Activity 1
Short pattern ea flash cards

ahead
bread
meadow
spread
thread
ready
steady
measure
pleasure
treasure
breath
feather
leather
weather
tread
Activity 1
Word Recognition
with.
instead Heather
head

ahead
ready
bread
spread
head
steady
instead
meadow
thread
tread

measure
breath
f
eather
pleasure
treasure
l
eather
Heather
weather

Picture cards are also a great way
for kids to practice word
understanding. USE the teaching
templates from this video to print,
cut and use as ready made picture
cards or use the templates to print
pictures on labels and then place
the labels on index cards.
Activity 2
Short pattern ea picture cards

short vowel pattern ea words, have them review
and name the pictures in preparation for the
picture / match activity.
2
Activity 2
Word Understanding

ahead
bread
meadow
spread
thread
measure
pleasure
feather
Heather
leather
weather
Activity 3
treasure

Mom and ________ loved to bake pies. _______ of an apple pie,
they wanted to make a cherry pie. They planned _______, had the
recipe and were _______ to _________ the ingredients. Both had the
_________ of being the taste testers. An hour later the pie was
baked, the _________ was nice so they enjoyed the pie sitting outside.
The word choices are: ahead, Heather, Instead, measure, pleasure,
ready, and weather.
Activity 4
Word Recognition
and Understanding

Mom and ________ loved to bake pies. _______ of an apple pie,
they wanted to make a cherry pie. They planned _______, had the
recipe and were _______ to _________ the ingredients. Both had the
_________ of being the taste testers. An hour later the pie was
baked, the _________ was nice so they enjoyed the pie sitting outside.
The word choices are: ahead, Heather, Instead, measure, pleasure,
ready, and weather.
Activity 4
Word Recognition
and Understanding
Heather Instead
ahead
ready measure
pleasure
weather

Now that kids have practiced
both the long and short
vowel ea patterns, mix
up several flash cards
from each list and have
kids sort them into the
correct categories.
Activity 5
Vowel Pattern ea Sorting Mat

ea
ea
ea
vowel
patterns
sorting
mat
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gears
clear
dear
ear
earring
near
hear
fear rear
shears
tear
year
Explain to kids that when the vowel pattern ea is followed by r, it
does not follow the rule and makes a different sound.

hear
with.

appear
beard
clear
dear
dreary
disappear
ear
earring
fear
fearless

gears
gear
hear
dear
rear
shears
smear
tear
near
headgear
year

Activity 1
Word Understanding
vowel pattern ea followed by r words, have them
review and name the pictures in preparation for
the picture / word match activity.

appear
beard
clear
dear
disappear
dreary
ear
fear
fearless
gear
gears
Activity 3
earring

Our coach needed to ________ soon. She was bringing our
soccer _______. It was the last game of the ______ and we felt
__________ . Each time we made a goal we could ______ the cheers.
When the game became tied we did _______ a loss. Then Emily came
from the ____ of the field, made a goal and won the game. Our coach
handed us the trophy as she wiped a _______ from her eye.
Have kids fill in the missing words to complete the cloze
activity. The word choices are: appear, fear, fearless, gear.
hear, rear, tear, and year.
Activity 4
Word Recognition
and Understanding

Our coach needed to ________ soon. She was bringing our
soccer _______. It was the last game of the ______ and we felt
__________ . Each time we made a goal we could ______ the cheers.
When the game became tied we did _______ a loss. Then Emily came
from the ____ of the field, made a goal and won the game. Our coach
handed us the trophy as she wiped a _______ from her eye.
Have kids fill in the missing words to complete the cloze
activity. The word choices are: appear, fear, fearless, gear.
hear, rear, tear, and year.
Activity 4
Word Recognition
and Understanding
appear
gear year
fearless hear
fear
rear
tear

Now that kids have
practiced the long, short
and followed by r vowel ea
patterns, mix up several
flash cards from each list
and have kids sort them into
the correct categories.
Activity 5
Vowel Pattern ea Sorting Mat
hear
ear
dear
tear
rear

Have kids say each word. Have them listen to the vowel sound and
fill in the bubble for the correct ea pattern.

Vowel team ea can make different sounds as in:
Short ea
bread
Long ea
dream
leaf
peach
seal
head
thread
spread
ea followed by r
ear
hear
gear
clear

Long vowel team ea can appear at the beginning, middle
or ending part of a word.
beginning middle ending
dream
leaf
peach
seal
eat
east
eagle
easel
.
east
pea
flea
tea
sea

Vowel team ea usually appears within a word.
within
bread
ready
steady breath
feather
weather
leather
meadow
measure
pleasure
treasure
ahead

Short vowel team ea followed by r usually appears within
and sometimes in the beginning part of a word.
hear
ear
rear
tear
gear
clear
earring year
fear
dear
near
shears
within
within
within and
beginning

The vowel pattern ea demonstrates this
exception. In many cases it doesn’t
follow the rule: when two vowels go
walking the first one does the talking.
There is usually an exception
to every rule.

Teaching the Different Vowel Patterns ea

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