Digraph ea Remember – when two vowels go walking…the first one does the talking! (most of the time)

ea like leaf sound #1 ea like leaf  sp ea k  h ea t  l ea k  tr ea t

pea ea = ‘ee’

ice-cream ea = ‘ee’

seal ea = ‘ee’

peach ea = ‘ee’

ea like thread sound #2 ea like thread  br ea d  h ea d  l ea d  sw ea t

weather ea = ‘e’

bread ea = ‘e’

head ea = ‘e’

ea like steak sound #3 ea like steak  br ea k  st ea k

ea can make 3 sounds!  There isn’t a rule to follow, so just try each sound  ea like leaf  ea like thread  ea like steak

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