Up until this point, we have been focused on applying patterns in short vowel words. Enter "Magic E" -- we know that at the end of a word, it can jump over one consonant to help the vowel "say its name" (or make its long vowel sound).
It can turn "tap'" into "tape," "kit" into "kite," and "hop" into "hope," just to give a few examples. Check out these cute videos to review:
Home Practice
Feel free to follow along with this video by ELL with Ms. Darla to review "magic e" in words using i. Use a whiteboard and marker, or just a pencil and paper.
Games to Practice
Silent (Magic) E Bowling Game -- choose the best magic e long vowel word to complete the sentence. Click here to play!
Magic E match game -- can you use your reading skills and memory to match pairs of pictures and their correct magic e words? Click here to play!
Decodable Text
"Jake's Great Escape" is full of opportunities to practice reading magic e words! Click the picture to read:
Heart Words
While we have not yet in-depth explored "y" making the long i sound in a 1 syllable, we introduced that pattern to learn the heart words "by" and "my." We talked about WHO being an acronym for the World Health Organization, to help us remember that tricky heart word where none of its letters follow regular spelling patterns! We have been using the silly mnemonic device, "Hairy Elephants Run Everywhere!" to help us remember "here, there, and where."
When you review heart words, it is helpful to tap out the sounds first, map in the corresponding letters, and draw hearts under/around the parts that have "irregular" spelling -- that is, the parts we need to know "by heart."
here there where by my who could should would they their
No comments:
Post a Comment