The long vowel phoneme ie is linked to four different spelling choices or graphemes ie i-e igh y

So you have many graphemes to remember this week! Let’s start with ie Remember the rhyme: ‘When two vowels go a- walking, The one in front does the talking.’ Well you can use it with to jog your memory when you use ie in a word. pie die diet lie tie fried “I’d just love some of that cheese and onion pie, but I’m on a diet!” sighed poor old mum.

Let’s move on to i-e An e placed at the end of the word makes the vowel in front say it’s name. ripe time ride side fine slide slice wipe smile pine pipe quite write site like mile I quite like to write about the beautiful pine trees in my garden, when they are covered in soft white snow.

The next grapheme is probably the most tricky so you had better put on your thinking caps for this one! It’s igh sigh thigh high night might sight knight bright tight fight It was a terrible sight to see the brave knight fight the evil black knight in the tournament.

The last one is y This one is easy to remember as this grapheme usually appears at the end of a word. Which one is the odd one out? Cry July fry dry by buy guy sty spy why shy my Bye, bye! Wilbur the amazing pig could only cry when his shy friend Charlotte the spider died, in his sty in July. “Bye, bye, Charlotte, my true friend”, he sobbed.

Now it’s your turn, write the words as plurals. Remember with words ending in y, take off the y and add –ies. pie tie sky fly pipe diet ride “I hate flies as they carry germs,” said Mrs. Mopp

So what’s been happening lately to Peter Goodfellow, the kindly tramp? It had been raining and Peter had gone to hide in a bus shelter. With a smile he wiped his face with his tie. He dug down into his jacket pocket and found a two pound coins. A bright red bus was coming… “I might just ride on the bus for a mile or two and stop off for a nice, slice of pie and some fried tomatoes at The Light Bite Cafe. Wonderful!” he sighed.

Well did you spot all of the ie phoneme words? There were 14, did you find them all? It had been raining and Peter had gone to hide in a bus shelter. With a smile he wiped his face with his tie. He dug down into his jacket pocket and found a two pound coins. A bright red bus was coming… “I might just ride on the bus for a mile or two and stop off for a nice, slice of pie and some fried tomatoes at The Light Bite Cafe. Wonderful!” he sighed.

Can you remember all the graphemes that can be used to make the long vowel phoneme, ie? ie i-e igh y