Free printable silent e — long a phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.
A short, decodable story embedding silent e — long a words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Short A (CVC) vs Long A (a_e).
Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.
Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!
The silent E pattern (also called "magic E" or "bossy E") is a foundational phonics concept typically taught in first grade. When a word ends in a silent E, the vowel before it says its long name instead of its short sound. For example, adding an E to "cap" turns it into "cape" — the A changes from its short sound /a/ to its long sound /ay/. These free silent E worksheets focus on the a_e pattern and provide four types of structured practice: a decodable reading passage rich with a_e words, a word sort comparing short A (CVC) words with their long A (a_e) counterparts, phrasing practice cards for reading fluency, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for building automaticity with high-frequency a_e words. Each worksheet follows Science of Reading principles and prints cleanly on US Letter paper.
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