Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel E

By Camilia Sadik

Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day is a book for children and adults who can read but cannot spell the words that they read. It can be used by parents or in schools from the 4th grade and up, or by older children and adults as a self-help book without the help of a teacher. All ages are guaranteed to learn to read and spell hundreds of words at a time!

• Language: English
• Publisher: SpellingRulesCom
• Release date: May 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9780991383795

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10 Phonics and Spelling Books

The Vowel E is a volume in Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day, which is a book in six volumes that are The Vowel A, The Vowel E, The Vowel I, The Vowel O, The Vowel U, and The Consonants.

The 10 phonics and spelling books by Linguist Camilia Sadik are for all ages and their titles are:

1. Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day (6 volumes)

2. 100 Spelling Rules

3. Read Instantly

4. The Compound Words

5. How to Teach Phonics - Teachers’ Guide

Contents

The vowel e has seven sounds we call phonics, which are spelled in these 17 ways we call spelling patterns.

Every sound and spelling pattern of the vowel e is presented in this book, as in these examples [Long e: meat, meet, Pete, chief, belief, monkey, lucky, he, ski, elite] [Short e: red, bread] [Minor sounds of e: enough, eight, break, cake] [Schwa sound of e: poet]

Section 1: The first sound of e is the long e sound

The long e is spelled in 10 ways, as in Team, Dee, Pete, Chief, Keith, Mickey, Lucky, He, Fiancé, and Janine.

Chapter 1: The long e sound spelled with "ea as in Team"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The two vowels walking Rule

Lesson 3: The "ea" phonic in 370 words

Lesson 4: The "ea words in a story about a Team"

Homework

Chapter 2: The long e sound spelled with "ee as in Dee"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The two vowels walking Rule

Lesson 3: The "ee" phonic in 240 words

Lesson 4: The "ee words in a story about Dee"

Lesson 5: "ee or ea" and why?

Lesson 6: Compare Homonyms

Homework

Chapter 3: The long e sound spelled with "e-e as in Pete"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The "e-e" Rule

Lesson 3: The "e-e" phonic in 120 words

Lesson 4: The "e-e words in a story about Pete"

Lesson 5: "-eed in succeed or -ede in recede"?

Homework

Chapter 4: The long e sound spelled with "ie as in Chief"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The "i before e" Rule

Lesson 3: The "ie" phonic in 108 words

Lesson 4: The "ie words in a story about Chief"

Homework

Chapter 5: The long e sound spelled with "ei as in Keith"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The "i before e except after c" Rule

Lesson 3: The "ei" phonic in 17 words

Lesson 4: The "ei words in a story about Keith"

Homework

Chapter 6: The long e sound spelled with "ey as in Mickey"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The "ey" is only in certain nouns

Lesson 3: The "ey" phonic in 40 words

Lesson 4: The "ey words in a story about Mickey"

Lesson 5: The "y in ey does not change to an i"

Homework

Chapter 7: The long e sound spelled with "y as in Lucky"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The "y, not ey" Rule

Lesson 3: The "y" phonic in 56 words

Homework

Chapter 8: The long e sound spelled with "e´ as in He"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The stressed final "e´" Rule

Lesson 3: The stressed final "e´" phonic in 93 words

Lesson 4: The "e´ words in a story about He"

Homework

Chapter 9: The long e sound spelled with "i as in Fiancé"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The "i´" says long e Rule

Lesson 3: The "i" phonic in 60 words

Lesson 4: Words that end with "ian as in Canadian"

Lesson 5: The "i´ words in a story about Fiancé"

Homework

Chapter 10: The long e sound spelled with "i-e as in Janine"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Long Vowel

Lesson 2: The long e spelled with "i-e" Rule

Lesson 3: The "i-e" phonic in 32 words

Lesson 4: The "i-e words in a story about Janine"

Homework

General homework of long e

Section 2: The short e sound

The short e sound is spelled in two ways, as in "red and read."

Chapter 11: The short e sound as in "Jessica"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Short Vowel

Lesson 2: The short vowels’ Rule

Lesson 3: The short e phonic in 132 words

Lesson 4: The short e words in a story about "Jessica"

Homework

Chapter 12: The short e spelled with "ea as in Heather"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Short Vowel

Lesson 2: The Homonyms’ Theory

Lesson 3: The "ea" phonics in 126 words

Lesson 4: The "ea words in a story about Heather"

Lesson 5: Comparing words in sentences

Homework

Section 3: Four minor sound of E

Four minor e sounds, as in engage, eight, break, and cake

Chapter 13: The four minor sounds of "e as in Engage"

Lesson 1: The "e as in engage says i" in 23 words

Lesson 2: The "ei as in eight" says long a in 15 words

Lesson 3: The "ea as in break says a" in six words

Lesson 4: The silent "e as in counterfeit"

Homework

Section 4: The fourth sound of e is a weak sound called a schwa sound, as in "Poet."

Chapter 14: The schwa of e as in "Poet"

Lesson 1: Meaning of a Schwa

Lesson 2: The