Spelling Lesson 2

Spelling the Long e Sound

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Spelling TipThe long e sound can be spelled ee, ea, ie, and ey.

1-8 Write the Core Words in which a long e vowel sound is spelled ea. Circle two other letters that spell the long e sound in the two-syllable word.

9-13 Write the Core Words in which the long e sound is spelled ie or ey.

14-16 Write the Core Words in which the long e sound is spelled ee.

17-21 Write the challenge Words. Circle the letters that spell the long e sound.

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The sun was just rising in the ( 1 ). Sina decided to go to the ( 2 ) to build a sand castle. She walked past a ( 3 ) filled with tall golden stalks of ( 4 ). A small ( 5 ) sat on top of one of the stalks as if to ( 6 ) a look at Sina as she went by.

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Seaweed Beach

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Sina held her shovel and pail in front of her like a make-believe sword and ( 7 ). She pretended to be a knight riding a horse. Though not an experienced rider like a ( 8 ), Sina had ridden a little brown ( 9 ) many times. She wished for a horse more than anything. But her parents would not ( 10 ) to her wish. Well, she could pretend, at ( 11 ).

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As she got near the water, Sina could smell heaps of ( 12 ). The water was so shiny it looked like oil or ( 13 ). She decided to take a short walk along the shore. Suddenly Sina gave a loud ( 14 ). She had scraped her foot on a broken seashell, but it didn’t ( 15 ). Sina forgot all about her cut foot when she got busy building her sand castle.

• Study the example.

• Combine the Core Word with the other word to make a compound word.

sea + weed = seaweed

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CompoundWords

16. north + east 19. wind + shield17. nose + bleed 20. battle + field18. out + field

1. Yltmr 2. wzteb 3. iftewt 4. wqftex5. dkteu 6. gteqk 7. mtewu 8. gttumt 9. gmttr 10. svqbth

Break the Code

Each letter of a Core Word is represented by another letter. Use the code to write the Core Words.

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11. seal, _______, second

12. earth, _______, easy

13. yesterday, _______, young

14. dog, ________, down

15. sharp, _______, shine

Alphabetize and WriteWrite the Core Word that comes in the alphabet between each pair of words.

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• Write a letter to a friend about a day you spent at the beach.

• Be sure to describe the beach and tell what you did there.

• Use at least four Core Words from this lesson.

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Here is a draft of part of a letter.1-3. Three words are misspelled.4-5. Two capital letters were not used at the

beginnings of names.Copy the letter and correct the spelling and

punctuation errors.

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