Lesson 12

fifteen

field

read

repeat

thief

severe

chief

squeal

believe

series

deal

leaf

meal

leak

really

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________

All of the words in this lesson are long e words

in which the long e sound is made by the
ee, e-e, and ea letter combinations.

Practice! Rewrite your list words in the spaces below.

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Word Scramble! Choose a beginning, and ending to combine with the

letters in the middle column to make a long e word. The word that you
make might be a list word, but it might not. You may use the beginning
and ending letters more than once. The first ones in each group are
done for you, use them as a guide.
Beginning Middle ee
End
___deer__
d
w
_________
gr _________ l
_________
k
bl
_________
d
_________ p
sp
_________
r
_________ n
s
_________
t
f

Beginning
w
d
cr
bl
sp
s
f

Middle ea
End
___bleak__
d
_________
_________ l
_________
k
_________
_________ p
_________
_________ r
_________
n
t

Choose list words that will make sense in the sentences below and write
them in the proper blanks.
a) The farmer kept _____________sheep in the ______________.
b) The teacher asked Jean to _______________ her answer.
c) The ___________ thought his punishment was too ___________.
d) Red Cloud knew he would become______________ of his people.
e) The little pigs could ________________ very loud.
f) Lilys mother did not _____________ her story about being late.

Unscramble the following list words.

feal ___________________ delif -

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aeqlsu - ___________________ tearep - ___________________

lead -

___________________ veeebil -___________________

hfcei -

___________________ learly - ___________________

efnfeit - ___________________
Word Criss-Cross! Play the Word Criss-Cross game using the list words.
Follow the example below.
s

l
e
f
t

g
r
a
s
s

r
e
a
d
m

e
l

f
e

Use three of your alternate list words in sentences below.

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