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Short -e CVC & CVVC and long –e (CVVC) ee & ea
CVC
short e
when
sled
CVVC-ea
short e
dead
head
bread
breath
death
lead
CVVC-ee
long e
trees
street
queen
sweet
CVVC-ea
long e
rule
breaker
each
reach
seat
dream
lead
steam
beach
east
great
 CVC is consonant-vowel-consonant and these words have a
short –e sound.
 CVVC –ea is consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant and these
words have a short vowel –e sound.
 CVVC – ee is consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant and these
words have long –e sound.
 CVVC –ea is consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant with and
these words have a long vowel –e sound.
 Take note of homograph (word that is spelled the same but
has different pronunciation) lead with short vowel –e sound
and lead with long vowel –e sound.
 The rule breaker makes a long a sound but –ea pattern