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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Jake woke up and went out of his home. He wanted to wash the wet mud off his red bike. He grabbed the long green hose and pulled it to a flat zone.
Jake turned the tap on. But the hose had a bad rip in it. It was a huge hole! Cold drops shot up. They hit Jake right on the nose.
"Is this a joke?" Jake yelled. He dropped the hose in the mud. His bike was still a mess, and he was very wet. He had no hope of fixing the bad hose.
Just then, his mom came out. She had a thick strip of black tape. "I can fix this," she said. She wrapped the tape right over the hole.
"There you go," she said with a smile. Jake picked up the hose again. The tape worked! Jake washed his bike until it was clean.
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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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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