The following is a color presentation of the instructional television Center of
Broward County, Florida.
Far, far away in an enchanted forest lives a
fair maiden named Evergreen. She is a friend
to everyone who enters the forest, and she teaches them all
about letters and the sounds they make. She even shows them how to
make words. If you watch and listen, you may
learn something too.
Thanks Mister Mailman. Oh wow, what'd you get,
Evergreen? Well, I got a postcard for my friend Faye the Fun
fairy. Oh, she says she's on vacation at the beach and she's
having fun, fun, fun. She's been snorkeling at the
reef and there's a beautiful breeze, and she says she's
coming home, but she doesn't want to leave. Hmm, she always
did talk in rhymes, but how come those words sounded alike?
What words? The words beach.
Reef breeze,
she and leave. Well, Sammy, all those
words have a long e in them. Longi is one of the vols. There's
a E I, O, U,
and sometimes y. Longy says its own name, like in
the word she. Can you hear it? Hm,
she. Yes, I think so. Hmm, hey, I wonder if
the, uh, boys and girls can think of some more long words.
Can you think of some more longe words? Say some out loud.
Good, I heard you say
tree. Sheep
Jeep Genie, Genie,
now that brings back memories. Remember when the genie came to visit?
Oh, he scared me at first, but I remember when he put me in a
trance, and then he took us to the circus, and we
saw Cecil the clown. Boy, he sure had big
feet. He sure did. Hey, Sammy, you just introduced some more
long a words. I did, yes, you said
me. He, Cecil and feet.
Wow, looks like I'm learning a lot of long e words. I
remember when I learned short U words from your uncle Ryman
Simon. Oh, he was a real keen guy with a
sparkle in his eye. He taught me words and gave me a
treat. Oh, I was so glad we were able to meet.
Sounds like you had a good time when you met him, you know, you just mentioned some more
longy words. I did, yes, you said
real, keen, treat, and meet.
Talking about a treat makes me hungry. Remember when we
planned a picnic and we all had that food to eat? Well,
a lot of things we planned to eat had the long in them, like, uh,
peaches, wheat bread.
Cheese Beans,
beets, and tea,
tea. That reminds me of the day I was sick. All I
wanted was tea and toast. Remember when I lost my powers.
Oh, I remember that's when those words came out of the
steam in your soup. That's right. Hey, Evergreen,
does the word steam have a long e? Yes, Sammy,
Loe words can have one e like in the word he
or an EA like in the word steam. Words can
even have doublelis like we heard in the word feet.
Oh, neat. Oh yeah, right, Evergreen?
Yes, remember when Faye the fun fairy came.
Oh, she was so sweet. She even gave me a treat to
eat, and then she and Sir Sa day
danced to the beat. Hm, treat and beat
both have an ea in them, but what about eat?
It begins with an e a. Is that OK?
Sure, words can begin with an eA or have it in the
middle. Can you think of any more words that begin with an
EA? Um, what about eagle,
east, easy, each.
Very good. Words can also begin with just a long
e, but they usually have a consonant behind them, like in the
words 11 even.
Egret and equal, those are some pretty big words
for you children, but I'll tell you what they mean. An
egret is the name of a bird, and
equal means to have the same amount of something like
if I have 5 pieces of candy and you
have 5 pieces of candy, we would both have an
equal amount. You are pretty smart.
I remember one day when you thought you were really smart. Remember
when you tried to do those magic tricks and I caught you trying to peek.
You thought you were pretty sneaky.
Ah, you wouldn't have known except for the kids who couldn't keep a
secret. Hey, I heard the long e in the words
peak, sneaky and secret.
Good. Oh, I like secrets. I
know. Remember when you were afraid of the dark and you tried to keep it a
secret and you couldn't sleep. Um, I was so
scared, but sir save today gave me a
nightlight. Hey, keep and sleep.
Those words both have too long ease in them.
You sure are listening well. Remember when you decided to
babysit for a baby Chad? I thought he would scream,
but he didn't let out a peep. Hey, there's
another word with two E's, peep.
Scream just has an EA. You know,
Evergreen, thinking back, we've sure had some fun
times. Remember when you had that gleam in your
eye, gleam in my eye. What are you talking about? Oh,
you remember that dream you had about sir saved the
day. Well, um, yeah, you told me all about it,
how he showed up in the tree house and oh yeah, oh,
gleam and Dream both have an EA in them.
And talking about dreams, oh, I remember one day that was
really a nightmare. Oh, remember when your
mean sister Ebilgreen the creep came to visit.
Oh, she tried to freeze you by turning you into ice,
but I freed you by thawing you out with heat from the light.
I'm a real hero, aren't I, Evergreen? You sure are.
You know, you also said some more longy words. You said
mean. Evil green
Creep Freeze,
freed, and heat. I'm beginning to think that you
should enter the longe word contest. You know so many long e words.
You know, you'd probably do quite well. That reminds me. I
know another person who does things very well. Oh, who's that? My
good friend Angel, the seamstress. You know, I should probably call her.
Hey, remember when she made that costume for you? You looked like
a queen. She sure did a good
deed for you. I still think you should enter the long
E word contest. Well, Evergreen, I didn't do so well in the
long U contest. They had some pretty tough judges, and
I hear they're gonna have some of the same ones for this new contest, so
I think I've learned my lesson. I remember when you learned another
lesson. Remember when you tried to make your own
lunch and you used my stove and
burnt the toast? Well, that's, that's only because you wouldn't
feed me, you know. I need my nourishment. I'm a
growing squirrel. I tried to be neat. I only
used 3 pans, uh, but I learned my lesson,
but I sure did get into some deep trouble, didn't I?
I'm afraid so, but at least you know never to touch the stove
unless a grown-up's around. That's for sure. And you also learned some
longe words because you just mentioned some. I heard you say
feed neat neat.
3 and deep. I
guess remembering has made us take a look at the fun things we've said and
done, you know, you've really been a good neighbor to me, Sammy. Oh,
thank you, and you know I've learned a lot of lessons from you, Evergreen. You're
a great teacher. You've made learning about letters lots
of fun. Like today I heard a lot of longe
words. I heard long E words can have one E, like in the
word she. He
and we. Then I heard words can have an EA
in them like in beach and
steam. And words can have two e's in them like
in the words feet. Peak
and queen. Evergreen, did
you ever think about entering the longe contest? You know a lot of
longe words. Oh well, Sammy, I'd hate to be in competition with a
squirrel as smart as you. Anyway, it really wouldn't be
fair because Sammy, I'm one of those tough judges you were
talking about. 00, I think I put my foot in my mouth again.
Uh oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's OK.
Just start studying those longe words because I want you to be the winner.
I think we're going to be a little busy, so bye bye. See you next time.