Vowel lesson: long and short /e/

Objectives

Remember that ‘e’ is a vowel.
Know how to say the short and long /e/ sounds
Be able to hear the difference between these short and long /e/ sounds
Remember key pictures and words ‘egg and ‘emu’
Know how to write capital and lower case ‘Ee’.
Be able to differentiate between the short and long /e/ and the short and long /a/.
Remember key pictures and words ‘egg’ and ‘emu’.
Learn a few interesting facts about emus.

Tip: Dyslexic students find differentiating between /a/ and /e/ particularly difficult.