BOOK 1 • WHEELER'S SPELLER
PRIMARY PHONICS CURRICULUM • LESSON 59
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LESSON 59 • VOWEL DIGRAPH
ēa
(/iː/) • WORDS IN -EAR, -EAT, -EACH, -EAM
Original Page 35 • Wheeler's Speller
1
Say each word orally, then copy it carefully on the handwriting line:
Hear All 20 Words
ēa
r
h
ēa
r
d
ēa
r
f
ēa
r
y
ēa
r
s
ēa
t
n
ēa
t
sp
ēa
k
ēa
st
ēa
ch
l
ēa
p
l
ēa
f
cl
ēa
r
cl
ēa
n
f
ēa
st
b
ēa
m
b
ēa
ch
p
ēa
ch
dr
ēa
m
str
ēa
m
2
Sort words into Rhyme & Ending Families:
Words Ending in -ear (e.g.
hear, clear
)
Words Ending in -each or -eam (e.g.
peach, stream
)
3
Creative Sentences: Choose three words from above and write complete sentences:
1.
2.
3.
📖 RULES TO REMEMBER • LESSON 59
Rule 1 • Digraph
ēa
When
e
and
a
appear together in these words, they spell the long
ē
sound (/iː/) as in
seat
,
clean
, and
leaf
.
Rule 2 • Sound of -ear
When followed by
r
, the phonogram
ear
sounds like /ɪ∂r/ as in
hear, dear, clear, year
.
Rule 3 • Terminal -ch
The digraph
ch
gives words like
each, beach, peach
their crisp /tʃ/ ending sound.