1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding short vs long vowels words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
There was a trade and sale stand on Pam's lane. Pam saw a blue globe on the stand, and she wanted it very much. A note on the globe said, "Five dimes." Pam had just one dime. She could not buy the globe. But she did not mope. She made a plan.
Pam took off her red cap and ran to Ben. "Will you trade your cape for my cap?" she asked. Ben liked the cap. "Yes!" he said, and he gave her his black cape.
Then Pam went to Kim. Kim had a kite kit, but she wanted a cape for a game. "I will trade you," said Kim. Pam gave her the cape and got the kit.
Pam ran back to the stand. "Will you take this kit for the globe?" she asked. The man at the stand gave the kit a long look. "It is a fine kit," he said. "Yes, I will trade."
Pam held the globe with both hands. She gave it a big spin. She spun that globe all the way home.
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2 Short vs Long Vowels Words
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
Short Vowel (10)
cap, tap, man, kit, pin, rid, hop, not, rob, cub
Long Vowel (Silent E) (10)
cape, tape, mane, kite, pine, ride, hope, note, robe, cube
- Phrases to read
- a cap and a cape · tap the tape · a kit for a kite · a pin on a pine · hop with hope · not a note · a cub with a cube · ride in a robe · the man with a mane
- RAN chart words
- cap, cub, cape, ride, cube
- Sight words
- the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have
3 Silent E Picture Worksheets
Silent e words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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4 Story Worksheets
4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's short vs long vowels words. Each one opens as its own file.
Word Sort
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Short Vowel or Long Vowel (Silent E). Answer key on page 2.
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