1. Long U Silent Third Grade James Tests
2. Long U Silent Ethird Grade James Testing
3. Long U Silent Third Grade James Test
4. Long U Silent Ethird Grade James Test

Magic E Rule: The magic E rule states when the letter “e” sits at the end of the word, it is usually silent and the “magical” E tells the first vowel or the preceding vowel to say its name or long sound. The magic e vowels are as follows: a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e. The magic e is commonly referred to as the final or silent e.

1. Dec 24, 2013 - Long A Alphabet Activities: print outs, information, coloring pages, and books related to the long A sound.
2. In an effort to make things more convenient for third grade teachers I decided to create a CD with all of the supplemental materials on it. Unit lessons have a nine page activity packet, phonics and/or spelling practice activities outlined in the third grade matrix and a vocabulary poem for independent practice of high frequency words and/or.

The key to mastering the silent e (sometimes called “magic e”) words is a lot of hands-on learning. So please don’t start with these worksheets! I used them as an assessment tool after spending over a week doing a variety of activities with my kindergartner to help him master a-e words. This means that he can read many long words in context but not in isolation. We’re taking a little step back and reviewing basic phonics understandings. After spending a lot of time on CVC words and blends, we’re finishing up our work with silent e words. I’m not big on worksheets, so we didn’t start with them.

Magic E Words: Long A

The table below was compiled using the following word families: -ace, -ade, -age, -ake, -ale, -ame, -ane, -ape, -ase, -aste, -ate, -ave and -aze. It contains 138 long A words with a magic e.

Long U Silent Third Grade James Tests

Exceptions to Magic E Words – Long A

Long U Silent Ethird Grade James Testing

Unfortunately, there are exceptions to the magic E long a sound. We like to refer to these words as odd balls. The following words make the /air/ sound instead of long a sound:

Magic E Words: Long I

The table below was compiled using the following word families: -ibe, -ice, -ide, -ife, -ike, -ile, -ime, -ine, -ipe, -ire, -ise, -ite and -ive. It contains 110 long I words with a magic e.

Magic E Words: Long O

The table below was compiled using the following word families: -obe, -ode, -oke, -ole, -ome, -one, -ope, -ose and -ote. It contains 72 long O words with a magic e.

Long U Silent Third Grade James Test

Exceptions to Magic E Words – Long O

Unfortunately, there are several exceptions to the magic E long o sound. We like to refer to these words as odd balls. The following words make the short u sound instead of long o sound:

*These words are sight words. Both of my children were exposed to these words in either kindergarten or first grade.

The following odd balls make the /or/ sound instead of long o:

Magic E Words: Long U

Long U Silent Ethird Grade James Test

The table below was compiled using the following word families: -ule, -une, -ure, -use and -ute. It contains 21 long U words with a magic e.

Exceptions to Magic E Words – Long U

Unfortunately, there are several exceptions to the magic E long u sound. We like to refer to these words as odd balls. The following words make the long oo sound instead of long u sound:

Source: Fry, E.B., Ph.D. & Kress, J.E., Ed.D. (2006). The Reading
Teacher’s Book of Lists 5th Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass