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EE Vowel Team Words and Practice

In words like feet, seed, and keep, the vowel digraph ee represents the close front unrounded long vowel sound (/iː/).

Canonical EE Decodable Words

Notice that in Elkonin sound boxes, ee occupies a single box representing the long vowel phoneme /iː/, giving 4-letter words exactly 3 sound boxes.

feet/iː/

f/f/1

ee/iː/2

t/t/3

4 Letters • 3 SoundsEE

seed/iː/

s/s/1

ee/iː/2

d/d/3

4 Letters • 3 SoundsEE

keep/iː/

k/k/1

ee/iː/2

p/p/3

4 Letters • 3 SoundsEE