Free printable silent e — long o phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
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Gus had a huge bone. He wanted a safe place to hide it. "This is a good zone," Gus thought. He dug a big hole in the wet mud.
Plop! A small mole stuck his nose out of the hole. Gus just woke him up! The mole gave Gus a mad look. "Do not dig here," the mole said. "This is my home!"
Gus felt bad. He did not want to wake him up. "I will go," Gus said in a kind tone.
Gus got his bone and ran to a big red rose. He dug a new hole in the mud. He put the bone in and made it flat. "I hope the mole can sleep now."
When o is followed by one consonant and an e, the o 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.
bone, cone, tone, zone, home, dome, hole, mole, pole, role, dole, nope, lobe
tobe, boke, mose, fone, gope, roke, zote
Silent e long o 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 o 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 o sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
Understanding the Silent E, specifically with the long O sound (o_e), is a crucial step for first graders as they move beyond basic CVC words. This pattern, often called "Magic E," signifies that the final 'e' makes the vowel 'o' say its name, while the 'e' itself remains silent. Young learners frequently mispronounce words like "bone" as "bon" or "note" as "not," failing to recognize the transformative power of the silent 'e'. They may also struggle to distinguish between minimal pairs such as "hope" and "hop" or "rose" and "ros," where the silent 'e' is the sole differentiator for the long vowel sound. Mastering this concept is vital for accurate decoding and encoding, preventing common reading and spelling errors. To effectively teach the o_e pattern, utilize these worksheets strategically. Begin with the decodable passage, "Rose Fixes the Cake," guiding students to identify and highlight all the o_e words like "rose," "note," and "joke." Follow up with the word sort, having them categorize words based on the long O sound created by the silent 'e'. The phrasing cards can then be used to build fluency, encouraging students to read phrases containing o_e words smoothly and with expression. Finally, incorporate the Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) chart, challenging students to quickly and accurately name the o_e words, solidifying their recognition and recall of this essential phonics pattern.
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