Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Short Vowel e (-ed, -eg, -en, -et words)


Short Vowel "e" Lesson Series: In the "Phonics Short Vowel e Lesson Series (4 Lessons)", we will be studying three letter rhyming words, with the pattern, "Consonant-Vowel-Consonant." These can be classified into the following word families:
-ed word family
-eg word family
-en word family
-et word family

Phonetic Skills (Spatial): Kids sometimes can pronounce the sound of the individual letters, but usually, have a hard time, in connecting the three sounds to form a word. Use CVC words with short e such as fed, beg, leg, pet, wet, vet, bed, den, men, ten, pen, and keg to teach blending of sounds with help of flashcards. In all the phonics videos, we have included the spatial movement of letters to form a word. This helps in visual stimulation and proper understanding of blending of sounds. The lessons also include three letters blending, as well as sentence writing.

Short Vowels:
These are the first set of sounds introduced to students in phonics classes. These are generally introduced before the long vowel sounds are taught.
Rule: Usually when a vowel (a,e, i,o, or u) is present at the beginning (VC words) or between two consonants (CVC words) in a word that contains only one vowel, this vowel often makes the short vowel sound. Example: ex, egg, peg, fed, bread, met, let, den, ten, bed, pen, keg, head, etc. Exceptions are always there. The above rule is applicable to the three letter rhyming words formed by the short vowels and represented as the word families.

Short Vowel e Pronunciation:
This is a more relaxed sound as compared to the short a sound where you literally are nearing to shouting. To say this sound, keep your jaw and lips in a relaxed position and slightly round up the middle of the tongue. The tongue may touch the sides of the back teeth. It is something like a sound you would hear when an old man takes out when he does not hear you properly! 

Three Steps to teach Short Vowel e Word Families:

1. Play the activity demonstrated below for each word family.
2. Show the video corresponding to the word family, (Link is given below).
3. Download and print free worksheets in which kids can color the picture and write the thee letter rhyming CVC words.
Lesson 1 (-ed word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as bed, red, fed, led, med, and sled.
Activity: Present kids with the flashcards and ask them to make the word ed, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  ed (First, form the word family word)
bed (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "ed" to form the word "bed")
red (Substitute "b" with a "r" to form red)
fed (Substitute "r" with a "f" to form fed)
led (Substitute "f" with a "l" to form led)
med (Substitute "l" with a "m" to form med)
Sentences:
A red bed.
There is a red bed in my room.
He is Ted.
Have you fed the dog?
Ted fed his dog.
Ted led the way.
Sight Words:
there, is, a, in, my, his, the.
Lesson 2 (-eg word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as beg, keg, leg, peg, seg, and Meg.
Activity: Present kids with the flashcards and ask them to make the word eg, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  eg (First, form the word family word)
beg (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "eg" to form the word "beg")
peg (Substitute "b" with a "p" to form peg)
leg (Substitute "p" with a "l" to form leg)
keg (Substitute "l" with a "k" to form keg)
seg (Substitute "k" with a "s" to form seg)
Meg (Substitute "s" with a "M" to form Meg)
Sentences:
A peg is by the keg.
Do not beg!
My leg is inside the keg.
Sight Words:
a, is, by, the, do, not, inside.
Lesson 3 (-en word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as den, hen, pen, men, ten, and Ben.
Activity: Present kids with the flashcards and ask them to make the word en, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  en (First, form the word family word)
Ben (place the flashcard "B" before this word family "en" to form the word "Ben")
pen (Substitute "B" with a "p" to form pen)
hen (Substitute "p" with a "h" to form hen)
men (Substitute "h" with a "m" to form men)
ten (Substitute "m" with a "t" to form ten)
Sentences:
There are ten men.
Ten men see a hen in the pen.
A lion lives in a den.
Sight Words:
there, are, see, a, in, the, lives.
Lesson 4 (-et word family)
In this lesson, we study words such as jet, net, wet, vet, pet, and get.
Activity: Present kids with the flashcards and ask them to make the word et, then once they form the word family start forming the three letter rhyming words by substituting the first word.
  et (First, form the word family word)
bet (place the flashcard "b" before this word family "et" to form the word "bet")
pet (Substitute "b" with a "p" to form pet)
let (Substitute "p" with a "l" to form let)
vet (Substitute "l" with a "v" to form vet)
set (Substitute "k" with a "s" to form set)
met (Substitute "s" with a "m" to form met)
wet (Substitute "m" with a "w" to form wet)
get (Substitute "w" with a "g" to form get)
Sentences:
My pet is in the net.
My pet got wet.
A vet saw my pet.
The vet came in a jet.
Sight Words:
my, is, in, got, a, saw.

Phonics FlipBook fun activity
We have made a phonics flipbook which has got worksheets for all the 31-word families. Please download it by clicking on the image below. Print the word family for which you want to create the flipbook.




Educational videos and Free downloadable worksheets.
Video Lessons (Short Vowel e) - 4 Lessons

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