Sample Words From List
journey
movie
valley
brownie
turkey
donkey
pinkie
volley
goalie
monkey
story
deny
Take a look at the sample words.
What do you notice about these words?
The words end in -ey, -ie, or -y and the sound you hear at the end is /e/ or /i/.
What do you think eerie means?
(adjective) strange and frightening; creepy
What do you think deny means?
(verb) to refuse; to declare to be untrue
How might we sort these words?
By the spelling and sound of the final syllable - -ey, -ie, y = /e/, and y = /i/.
Let's practice sorting the words. Practice Sort
Why might spelling some of these words be difficult?
They have different spelling for the same final sound, long e.
What letters come before the -ey ending?
n, k, and l
How might someone who never saw the words July and deny pronounce them?
They would not know that y = /i/, so they might say Jul/e/ or den/e/.