These 10 Board Games will help consolidate the correct decoding of the vowel digraph 'ea' in its various contexts;

CLIMB and SLIDE - Differentiated

Words Used:

Board 1 (Above) Long and Short e: ready, death, please, head, flea, bread, steady, breath, breathe, grease, cream, deaf, teach, speak, health, near, heat, clear, weather, least, spread, measure, treasure, tease, steal

Board 2 Long and Short e: dream, dreamt, lean, mean, meant, deal, dealt, leap, leapt, stream, leave, lead, leader, read, reader, already, heavy, dread, beast, breast, please, pleasant, pleasure, pleasing

Board 3 Long and Short e, Long a: great, dear, crease, easy, dead, seal, bear, beat, wear, wheat, streak, steak, fear, break, swear, early, nearly, easel, learn, tear, earth, feast, feather, pear, clear

Board 4 Long and Short e, Vowels modified by r: leather, hear, heard, dreadful, instead, ready, beard, bear, bread, thread, Earth, search, heart, weapon, wealth, threat, scream, each, pearl, earn, ahead, wear, weary, healthy, wealthy

SNAKES and LADDERS

Words Used:

Board 1: bread, flea, bear, learn, sweat, read, seat, leave, wear, head, search, least, dead, break, steak, spread, clear, please, feather, deaf, streak, ready, great, treasure, early

Board 2: swear, weapon, wealthy, jealous, heavy, pear, weather, pleasure, pearl, hear, heard, earth, lean, leant, pleasure, breath, breathe, mean, meant, lead, deal, dealt, weapon, heal, heavy

ROUNDERS

Words Used:

Board 1: leave, heart, great, beak, wear, weary, thread, threat, dead, sneak, steak, steam, pearl, learn, wealthy, cheap, bread, break, bear, beard, heard, breath, weapon, breathe, easy, least, deaf, leaf

Board 2: heavy, hear, head, steak, streak, dream, dreamt, search, easel, plead, treasure, east, jealous, lean, leant, mean, meant, measure, please, pleasure, deadly, real, really, ready, already, leader, reading, dreadful

The ZOO Game

Words Used:

Board 1: measure, read, healthy, please, heavy, pleasant, wear, meant, tear, heard, tease, treasure, great, streak, search, treat, steak, steal, steam, leather, weapon, ready, deadly, already, death

Board 2: breath, breathe, dream, dreamt, reason, beast, dread, stream, thread, learn, break, steady, squeak, freak, earth, sweat, threat, stealth, rally, weather, wealth, early, leaky, dreadful, swear