Find and Write Silent E Words
Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher
"Find and Write Silent E Words" is written for 1st Grade (Ages 6-7), and it covers Common Core RF.1.3.C. If your little one is a year younger but already steady on phonics, the page still works. You may just need to read the instructions out loud. And if they are older and silent e words never quite stuck, this is a short review rather than busywork.
1st grade phonics worksheet: find lake, gate, ride, pine, nose, stone, cute and tube in a word search and write four of them. Answer key included. Part of our silent e words phonics collection. Aligned to Common Core standards.
How do I use this worksheet?
Read each short word and its silent e partner aloud together, like kit and kite, so your child hears the vowel change. Do the add e pages first, then the sentence and sort pages. Check each page with the answer key.
What students will practice
- Students will find eight silent e words, like stone, pine and tube, across or down in a grid.
- Students will copy four words from the list onto the lines.
- Students will read two words each for a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e.
Curriculum Links
Common Core State Standards
Reading: Foundational Skills · 1st Grade
Standard: Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
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FAQ
How do I use this silent e words worksheet?
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Read each short word and its silent e partner aloud together, like kit and kite, so your child hears the vowel change. Do the add e pages first, then the sentence and sort pages. Check each page with the answer key.
What does this worksheet teach?
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Find lake, gate, ride, pine, nose, stone, cute and tube in a word search and write four of them. A silent e is an e at the end of a word. It is quiet, but it makes the vowel say its name. The directions on the page read: Find the 8 words from the Word List in the puzzle. Words go across or down. Circle each one. Then, write 4 words from the list on the lines. An answer key is included.
Can I use this silent e words worksheet for homeschool or classroom?
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Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade phonics, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with silent e words. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.
What is a silent e?
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A silent e is an e at the end of a word that you do not hear. It makes the vowel before it say its name, so cap becomes cape and kit becomes kite (RF.1.3.C).
Why practice pairs like kit and kite?
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Only the e changes, so children can see and hear the vowel switch from short to long. The add e pages turn ten short words like hop, cub and plan into hope, cube and plane, and the picture pages ask children to circle the word in a pair that names the picture.
What do a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e mean?
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They are the four silent e patterns, with the line standing for the consonant in the middle, as in cake, bike, rope and cube. The sort pages have children write 16 words under these four headings.
Is there an answer key?
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Yes. All 32 silent e words sheets have an answer key.
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