Lesson 60 - Literature, Long E Digraphs & Morphology (Student Worksheet)

BOOK 1 • WHEELER'S SPELLER PRIMARY PHONICS CURRICULUM • LESSON 60 STUDENT PRACTICE WORKSHEET

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“What do the birds dream of?
Flowers and leaves and waving wheat,
Brooks and buds and mosses sweet,
Nooks all hidden from the heat.”

Phonics Rule: Long ē Digraphs

Both vowel teams ēe (in sweet) and ēa (in dream, wheat, heat) produce the long ē sound (/iː/).

Also watch how suffixes change words: dropping silent -e in waving (wave), and doubling consonant d in hidden (hid).

Standard IPA: /iː/ • Diacritic: ēe / ēa

In the poem above, find and copy all five words containing ēe or ēa = long ē (/iː/):

drēam Hear

lēaves Hear

whēat Hear

swēet Hear

hēat Hear

Morphology Detective: What letter was dropped or added in making these words?

Case A • The word waving

1. Write the base root word:

2. Which letter was dropped before adding -ing?

Case B • The word hidden

1. Write the base root word:

2. Which consonant letter was doubled before adding -en?

Rhyme & Phonogram Sorting: Sort words from the poem into their rhyming families:

Rhyme Family 1 • Long ē Endings (-eat / -eet)

Rhyme Family 2 • Short ōō Endings (-ooks)

Creative Synthesis: What do the birds dream of? Write two descriptive sentences using words from the poem:

📖 RULES TO REMEMBER • LESSON 60

Rule 1 • Dropping Silent -e

When a root word ends in silent e (like wave), drop the e before adding a vowel suffix (waving).

Rule 2 • Doubling Consonants

In a short vowel word like hid, double the final consonant d before adding a vowel suffix (hidden).

Rule 3 • Digraphs ēe & ēa

Both ee and ea spell long ē (/iː/), making perfect rhymes like wheat, sweet, and heat.