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Phonics: Varient Correspondances, Silent "e" Changes ActivityPhonics: Varient Correspondances, Silent "e" Changes Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Duration
30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2005
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Phonics: Varient Correspondances, Silent "e" Changes

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Engage early readers in a silent e activity to help them understand the changes the letter can make to a simple word. With the provided cards, learners read and write each word as it appears without the silent e. Then they read and write the same word noticing how it has changed.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

emergent reading, phonics, early writing

Additional Tags

phonics, silent e pattern, skills, early writing, silent 'e', early reading skills, variant correspondences, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Create additional cards with new words to add to the activity 

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires making copies

Pros

  • Creates a visual representation of the addition of a new letter 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.2.d RF.K.3.b RF.1.2.a RF.1.2.c RF.1.3.c

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