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Reintroduce /e/
These inventive strategies help emerging readers focus on the letter e, forming sound associations along with letter recognition. Explain the mouth movement in making the /eee/ sound, asking learners to try it. Can they think of words...
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Ehhh...What'd you say?
Practice pronouncing and spelling words with the /e/ sound with spellers. They blend phonemes with spelling maps to master important representation and letter symbol of the short vowel /e/. They also make sock puppets and study the...
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Introduce /e/
Examine the most-used letter in the English language incorporating pronunciation, letter recognition, letter sound, and word examples for the letter e. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /eee/ sound. As you...
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Match the Words with Pictures Starting with E
In this word recognition worksheet, students match the 6 words listed to the appropriate pictures. All of the words begin with the letter E. The worksheet may be printed in color or black and white.
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Kids Learning Exercise -Match Word & Picture: E
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 6 words listed to the appropriate pictures. Students may submit their answers to be scored. All of the words begin with the letter E.
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Intial E: Word Match
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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What's Behind the Creaky Door?
First graders are introduced to the concept that letters stand for the mouth moves that we make when sounds are made. They practice making the /e/ sound and compare it to the sound a creaky door makes and then try saying the tongue...
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/e/ It Must be Old
First graders discover that written language is a secret code that may be broken if they learn to move their mouths in different ways when they say different letters. They compare the sound a creaky door makes to the /e/ sound. They try...
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Creaky Door e
First graders observe as the letter "e' is shown on the overhead projector and discuss the letter's name and what sound it makes. They compare the letter's sound to a creaky door and practice making the /e/ sound. They try saying the...
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Ehhh! Can you repeat that!
Students assess how to recognize phonemes that stand for letters creating spoken words utilizing the short vowel /e/. They associate our written language as a secret code to solve. The tongue twister "Everybody saw Eddie and the Eskimo...
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Say What?
Students explore phonemes in spoken words. They discuss the /e/ (short e) correspondence. Students read "Red Gets Fed." They learn a meaningful letter symbol for the /e/. Students identify /e/ sound in both spoken and written words.
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Learning to Read With Superman Speed
Students practice techniques to become more fluent readers by reading more proficiently and with faster speed. They stress mastery of the d=/d/, e=/e/ and de=/de/ sounds in spoken and written words. The book, "John Henry," by Julius...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Hidden Words
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will find hidden words that contain "ie" to form long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Long E Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate long /e/ in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: long e" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ie, Ui, U Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ie", "ui", and "u" to form words. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
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Rock 'N Learn: Eeeeek! Long Vowel E (E)
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will color the objects that contain long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.