Free printable silent e — long i phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
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Mike had a nice new kite. He liked to see it dive and glide. He took his bike for a ride to a wide, flat space by a tall pine. The kite went up, up, up! But then a big gust struck. The kite spun and fell. It was stuck up in the side of the pine trunk. "Oh no, it is mine!" Mike said. He tried to go up, but the trunk was too slick. Then, Mike saw a long vine. He gave the vine a big tug. He tossed the vine up. It took him five tries, but one toss was just right. The kite came down and slid down. "Yes!" Mike yelled. He gave a big smile.
When i is followed by one consonant and an e, the i says its name and the e is silent.
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The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
bike, hike, like, kite, bite, hide, ride, side, wide, line, tine, zine
zime, mibe, pive, fibe, dife, gipe, nive, rike
Silent e long i words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's silent e — long i words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Real Words or Nonsense Words. Answer key on page 2.
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A new decodable story with the same silent e — long i sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
Understanding the i_e pattern is a crucial step in first-grade phonics, marking the transition from short vowel sounds to long vowels. This "silent e" rule is often introduced after students have mastered short vowels, CVC words, and consonant digraphs. The challenge for young learners lies in recognizing that the "e" at the end of words like "bike" or "time" isn't pronounced but changes the preceding "i" from its short sound (as in "bit") to its long sound (as in "bite"). Students might initially try to pronounce the "e," saying "bik-eh" instead of "bike," or they might revert to the short "i" sound, reading "hide" as "hid." Distinguishing "fin" from "fine" or "rid" from "ride" requires careful attention to the final "e" and its powerful influence on the vowel sound. Our worksheets provide targeted practice for this i_e pattern. Begin with the decodable passage, "Mike's Kite Rescue," encouraging students to identify and highlight all the i_e words. After reading, use the word sort activity to categorize words based on their vowel sound, helping students visually distinguish short "i" from long "i" when the "e" is present. The phrasing cards are excellent for building fluency and prosody with i_e words and short phrases containing them, like "ride a bike" or "five dimes." Finally, the Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) chart allows for quick recall and automaticity practice with target words such as "mine," "pine," and "dive," reinforcing the correct long "i" pronunciation.
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