Silent E (o_e) Worksheets

Free printable silent e — long o phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.

Grade: 1st Phase 3: Long Vowels & Silent E Pattern: o_e (magic e / silent e making long O)
bone cone tone zone home dome hole mole pole role hope rope

1 Decodable Reading Passage

A short, decodable story embedding silent e — long o words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.

Rose Fixes the Cake
Skill: Silent E — Long O  •  Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was
Rose had to make a cake. It was for her dad. Rose made the cake at home. She had a pink rose for the top of the cake. Then, Luke came to the cake! He gave the cake a poke. Oh no! Luke made a big hole in the cake. Rose did not like that. “No, Luke!” she said. Rose had to cope. She had a small cone. She put the cone in the cake’s hole. Then, she put the rose on the cone. Rose had a hope that Dad would not note the hole. She gave the cake a pat.
Circle or highlight all the silent E words where the vowel says its name (long sound). How many did you find?
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2 Word Sort

Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.

Real Words
Nonsense Words
bone
cone
tone
zone
home
dome
hole
mole
pole
role
hope
rope
nose
rose
hose
note
vote
joke
poke
woke
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards

Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.

the bone on cone
a cone in tone
the tone and zone
a zone with home
the home on dome
a dome in hole
the hole and mole
a mole with pole
the pole on role
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)

Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!

Decodable RAN Chart — Silent E — Long O
bone
nose
pole
vote
pole
nose
bone
vote
home
bone
bone
pole
home
vote
nose
home
Target words: bone, home, pole, nose, vote
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📖 Decodable Readers

Printable mini-books for Silent E — Long O practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.

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Free Printable Silent E (o_e) Worksheets

These free silent e (o_e) worksheets provide structured phonics practice aligned with the Science of Reading. Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort activity, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.

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