Long and Short E Spellings
Junior Jeopardy
Assembly
Materials:
 Category cards (ee, ea, ie, r-controlled e, short e)
 Point cards (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, Bonus)
 Answer cards (definitions only)
 Answer key for teacher (attached)
 Large pocket chart
 Score sheet
To play
 Player/team chooses category and point value.
 Teacher turns the answer card over and reads the
definition
 Student/team then provides the answer in question
format and spells the word.
Ex: Student: "I'll take short e for 100."
Teacher: "You ring it."
Student: What is bell? b-e-l-l.
 Bonus round: Each student/team chooses a bonus
question and makes a wager from their points.
Long and Short E Spellings
Jeopardy Answer Key
ie
100
200
300
400
500
Bonus
ea
ee
r-controlled
e
Short e
Opposite of
nephew:
niece
Have a
(piece) of
pie.
Not nice:
mean
Seven days
= week
A rose is a:
flower
You ring it:
bell
Opposite of
dirty: clean
When you
get cut,
you: bleed
Opposite of
his: her
An Indian
leader:
chief
Someone
who steals:
thief
A high
pitched yell:
shriek
To make it
short (as in
meeting):
brief
It has lots
of sand:
beach
Steak and
hamburger:
meat
To talk:
speak
A small
stream:
creek
They are in
your mouth:
teeth
The color
of grass:
green
You don't
want it in
your grass:
weed
Opposite of
brother:
sister
Opposite of
lower: upper
Find it at
the
seashore:
shell
Opposite of
east: west
To make
warm: heat
A large,
striped, cat:
tiger
An evening
meal: dinner
What you
sleep on:
bed
Opposite of
right: left
Another
word for
stair: step
opposite of
nephew
have a
of pie
an Indian
leader
somone who
steals
a high
pitched yell
To make it short
(as in meeting)
not nice
opposite
of dirty
It has lots
of sand.
steak and
hamburger
to talk
to make
warm
Seven days =
When you get
cut, you
a small
stream
They are in
your mouth.
the color of
grass
You don't want it
in your grass.
A rose is
a
opposite
of his
opposite
of brother
opposite
of lower
a large,
striped cat
an evening
meal
You ring it.
Find it at
the seashore
opposite
of east
what you
sleep on
another word
for stair
opposite
of right
ie
ea
ee
r-controlled
short e
Bonus
e