Spelling - ie

This set of educational resources is designed to help children learn the 'ie' sound through a series of engaging activities. The material is presented in a way that allows for interactive learning, with yellow slides for display on the whiteboard and white slides for printable activities, ensuring accessibility even when exercise books are not available. The lesson starts with a discussion around images that represent words containing the 'ie' sound, such as 'priest', 'field', and 'cookie'. The children are encouraged to sound out these words to identify the common sound. Teachers then guide the pupils through sounding out and blending words like 'grief', 'brief', and 'believe', reinforcing the 'ie' sound.

Subsequent activities include identifying the two letters that make up the 'ie' sound and using picture-word associations to strengthen memory. Children are then prompted to read words with the 'ie' sound and engage in an activity where they add sound buttons—dots for single sounds and dashes for combined sounds—to the words. This is followed by exercises that challenge the children to create words using given letters and label pictures with 'ie' words. More advanced activities involve finding hidden 'ie' words and completing sentences with the correct 'ie' word. The lesson also includes a fun 'Caterpillar game' to build spelling skills, a spell check segment, and a reminder for homework practice. For added variety, bingo games, challenge cards, and flashcards are provided, alongside 'alien words' to test the children's phonetic abilities further.