Spell with 'Silent e'
Turn short vowels into long vowels by adding a silent 'e' to spell words like cake, kite, and robe.
1st Grade - English Language Arts - Silent e
About This Skill
Build spelling confidence with the magic 'e' (CVCe) pattern. Students practice listening to long vowel words, dragging missing vowels and consonants into word frames, and sequencing letters to spell target words like cake, hose, and slide. This skill reinforces how adding a final silent 'e' transforms short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds across all five vowels.
Skills & Topics
- Writing & Conventions
- Phonics & Word Skills
- Phonics
- Spelling
- Letters
- Word Recognition
- Decoding
- Reading Foundations
- Spelling Patterns
- CVCe (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Silent E) Words
- Spelling Rule
- Word Patterns
- Long Vowels
- Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE) Syllable
- Vowel Patterns
- Vowel
- Short Vowels
- CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) Words
- Spelling Rules
- Foundational Skills (Phonics, etc.)
Curriculum Alignment
- RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
- ELA.1.2.B.iii
- ELA.1.F.1.3
- ENG-Y1-WT.1 — Spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught.
- AC9E1LY04 — read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, phrasing and fluency, and monitoring meaning using context and grammatical knowledge
- RF.1.3.c
- G1.B2.3
- G1.B2.4