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Phonetic Skill #4: the Silent E Skill:
The vowel e is silent making the first
vowel long.
Section Seven: Phonetic Skill #4:
The Silent E Skill
1. Work left to right under the word,
marking blends and vowels.
2. Mark the vowel e silent.
3. Silent e causes the first vowel to be long.
Mark the first vowel long.
smile
smile
smile
X
X
X
X
X
X
Prove these words using Skill #4.
stone bike hide
X
X
brave cute kite
vote flame bone
Most Common Words
Write this MCW 3 times.
guess
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Section Seven: Silent E Changes the Vowel Sound
Prove and read the Phonetic Skill #1 words. Then write
the word on the line adding silent e. Write and prove this
new word 2 times on the line. The first word is done for
you. Remember, there are no guardians with silent e!
fin* fine fine
plan
hop
twin
slid
mad
dim
cap
X
X
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Section Seven: Reading with Silent E
Read the sentences. Circle the words in each sentence
that follow Skill #4 (Silent E). Draw a line to match the
sentence to the picture.
As Dave and Mike came
home, the twine on their kite
broke.
My wife does not like
snakes. They slide and glide
in the grass.
We hope to ride the mule
to the lake.
Dave was brave. In spite
of the hot flames, he stopped
the fire.
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Skill #1 - hat
X *
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Skill #2 - bent
X
Skill #3 - goX
Skill #4 - bone
X
X
Section Seven: Prove It!
Prove and read these words using the first four
Phonetic Skills.
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sled we came went no jug help bone X
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brave
fast
hide
poke
tint
past
he
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When c is followed by e or i, it says /s/.
Mark it with a rainbow s.
Section Seven: Rainbow S
Prove these words. They all have a rainbow s. The
first one is done for you.
s
ace
rice
cite
slice
X
X
cent twice cell mice race
price
lace
pace
Read the sentences. Circle the words with rainbow s.
We can buy a bag of rice for eight
cents. It was twice that price on my last
trip!
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When g is followed by e or i, it will
usually say /j/. Mark it with a rainbow
j.
Section Seven: Rainbow J
Prove and read these words. They all have a rainbow j.
The first one is done for you.
j
stage page Gene
X
X
age gem cage
wage fudge cringe
Read the sentences. Circle the words with rainbow j.
Gene put the dog in its cage. Gene
liked working at the pet store. He got a
nice wage for his age.
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If two consonants come between
silent e and the first vowel, those
consonants act as guardians and keep
the vowel short.
Section Seven: Two Guardians with Silent E
Prove these words. They all have rainbows and silent e’s
with two guardian consonants in between. Draw a line to words
that rhyme. The first word is done for you.
*s
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prince dance
X
X
fudge Spence
lunge since
fence singe
binge smudge
France plunge
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The silent e must be dropped before
adding -ing.
Section Seven: Add -ing to Skill #4
Prove the words below then rewrite them 2 times, adding
-ing. The first word is done for you.
rope roping roping
fade
crate
time
rake
tape
X
X
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Write these MCWs 3 times.
busy
bury
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Even though e is dropped, the c -i or
g-i combination still makes a rainbow
sound.
Section Seven: Add -ing to Rainbow Words
Prove the words below then rewrite them 2 times, adding
-ing. The first word is done for you.
s*
*
dance
dancing dancing
age
fence
glance
plunge
X
X
gage
place
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