In this video, the teacher has students blend words with the ee spelling for Long E. Notice how the teacher uses two fingers under the ee spelling to reinforce the grapheme having two letters.

This lesson aligns to Step 3 (Blend Words) of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Sequence shown in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, p. 175.

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In this video, the teacher has students practice reading decodable words and sight words to develop automaticity. Notice how she uses the read-spell-read instructional routine for reviewing the high-frequency words.

This lesson aligns to Step 4 (Build Automatic Word Recognition) of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Sequence shown in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook. (Page. 175 of the updated second edition.)

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In this video, the teacher guides students through reading of decodable text to practice the Long E sound spelled ee. Notice the teacher’s periodic check for meaning.

This lesson aligns to Step 5 (Apply to Decodable Text) of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Sequence shown in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, p. 175.