Want to elevate your word study block? These Long E Homophones Games (ee and ea) make word study more engaging for our students in the Within Word Pattern stage! The fun Peanut Butter and Jelly board game and Memory Match card game are perfect for increasing student engagement and your personal teaching joy during word study, spelling, or word work. These spelling games printable activities focus on homophones that have follow the ee and ea long e spelling patterns with words like deer, dear, creak, creek, need, and knead. (Aligned to Words Their Way Spelling Lists for Within Word Pattern Spellers Sort 51)

→ → This activity set is included in the HOMOPHONES GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR WITHIN WORD PATTERNS SPELLERS Unit 7 Bundle. Save 33% with the Unit 7 Bundle or save 50% with the Within Word Patterns Mega Bundle of Units 1-8.

Whether you’re looking for hands-on, engaging word study activities for students to complete independently, partner games, centers, or resources to spice up your small group lessons, the creative thinking and planning is done for you with these activities for Long E Homophones (ee and ea)! Versatility and consistency (not an oxymoron!) are built right in for you with most of the activities in the Unit 7 bundle having the same format, you won’t have to teach students how to play with each new word sort!

While these games are aligned to Words Their Way, they can be used to complement any word study program or focus with your students. See the preview for detailed lists of the included words!

Partner Game:

In the Peanut Butter and Jelly board game, students take turns drawing a card that displays a homophone and trying to match it with it's homophone pair on the game board.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Sorting Game Board

✔ Word Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

Independent Activity:

In the “Memory Match!” card game, students play a game of match with picture and word cards. Their goal is to find word/word, word/picture, or picture/picture matches that belong to the same homophone or homograph pair.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Word and Picture Playing Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

* Everything comes in black and white and color versions!

Who are these games and activities for?

> > > These resources were developed with 3rd - 5th graders in mind, but could successfully be used in lower grades within small group lessons and with teacher guidance.

> > > These games and activities are designed for students in the late stages of Within Word Pattern. Students should have a firm grasp on various spelling patterns including CVCe, CVVC, less common long vowel patterns, r-controlled vowel patterns, dipthongs and ambiguous vowel patterns, and beginning & ending complex consonants and should be already familiar with many of the homophone pairs.

These activities provide a great way to add meaningful variety to your word study routine, keeping it fresh and interesting for students. With these activities, your word study block will be a time that students look forward to as they work to master these key spelling and word study concepts!

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