1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding silent e — long e words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
It was the eve of Pete's trip to see Val. Val wanted to make him a grand lunch. "I will pick a lake theme," she said. "Pete likes to fish!"
Val took a pen and wrote a list of ten dishes. It had fish cakes, crab dip, a blue lake cake, and seven more. It was an extreme list, but Val felt sure she could complete it.
She started to chop and mix. The clock ticked on, and it got late. Val had made just one dish! "I will never complete all of these in time," she said. "Ten is too many."
So Val picked up her pen. She deleted one dish, then one more, and then five more. Only three were still on the list: the fish cakes, the crab dip, and the lake cake. Val made these three very well.
Then the big day came. Pete saw the lake scene on the cake and ate every bite of his lunch. "Val, this lunch is supreme," he said with a sincere smile.
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2 Silent E — Long E Words
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
Short E_E Words (7)
these, theme, scene, eve, here, gene, mere
Longer E_E Words (13)
complete, compete, delete, athlete, extreme, concrete, stampede, trapeze, centipede, sincere, severe, supreme, adhere
- Phrases to read
- these athletes compete · a scene on the trapeze · here is the theme · delete these lines · a complete stampede · an extreme athlete · the eve of the game · a centipede on concrete · Pete is sincere
- RAN chart words
- these, mere, complete, stampede, adhere
- 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 silent e — long e words. Each one opens as its own file.
Word Sort
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Short E_E Words or Longer E_E Words. Answer key on page 2.
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