State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will find things that live in the sea and by a tree and will read and write long e words spelled -ee and -ea, such as tree, bee, see, sea, leaf, and seal.
 
Literacy Activities
Place items in the sea or by a tree

• Display the words see and sea and explain that the words have different spellings and meanings.
• Hide the picture cards of the things that live in the sea and by a tree (both found below).
• Let the children gather and sort the picture cards according to where the items might be found: in the sea or by a tree?
• Tell the children to place the picture cards by the signs What do you see in the sea? or What do you see by a tree? (both found below).
• Help the children make a list of words spelled with -ee (e.g., see, eel, manatee, seaweed, tree, beetle, seed, weed, bee) and with -ea (e.g., seal, seahorse, seashell, seaweed, leaf, peach).
• Point out that seaweed has both spelling patterns.

Sort word cards by spelling pattern

• Mix up the -ee and -ea word cards (found below) and have the children put the words with -ee in one column and those with -ea in another.

Read target words in a text

• Read the Manatee in the Sea target text (found below) to the children.
• Engage the children in reading the text with you.
• Read the Manatee in the Sea again, fading support.
• Have the children circle the words spelled with -ee. 
• Have the children underline words spelled with -ea. 
• Repeat with Peach in a Tree (found below).

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Introduce a word wall displaying the words see, tree, bee, seed, weed, eel, sea, seal, seashell, peach, leaf. 
• Have the children write a sentence or two using words from the word wall.