Silent E Words (Free Printables) Plus Ways To Teach Silent E

Oh, those annoying silent E words. They are one of the first big challenges for aspiring readers. Whether you call it the Silent E, Magic E, Sneaky E, or Super E, an E at the end of the word changes things in so many ways. It can affect both pronunciation and meaning, even adding another syllable to a word. Mastering words with Silent E takes time and practice, so use our free printables with your students while trying out some of the activities below.

Silent E Words (Free to Print) and Ways to Teach Silent E

Silent E-Word List

These free Silent E Words printables include common three letter words, four letter words, and longer words with a Silent E.

Three Letter Silent E Words

ace, age, ale, monkey, ate, bye, cue, die, doe, due, dye, eke, eve, eye, enemy, ice, lie, lye, debt, pie, roe, rye, sue, toe, use, Sore

Long four-letter words

baby, baded, bake, bale, naked, cage, cake, came, stick, cape, care, case, cave, dare, date, daze, face, fade, fate, fake, fame, fare, destiny, faze, storm, goal, gave, look, rabbit, hate, have, haze, kale, peak, lake, lame, lane, late, made, render, male, mane, mare, dude, labyrinth, name, nape, pace, side, pale, disc, pare, race, rage, rake, rare, rate, rave, raze, safe, sage, sell, equal, sane, save, take, history, tame, volume, shovel, vase, wade, reward, wake, dwindle, goods, wave

Long four-letter E-words

step down, here, meme, just, mete, we are, we have

(Note that there just aren't many silent E words with a long E sound.)

Long I four letter words

Bike, Bile, Bite, Dice, Dime, Dine, Dire, Dive, Fife, File, Fine, Fire, Hide, Hike, Hive, Jive, Kite, Lice, Life, Like, Lime, Line, Live, Mouses, Mike, mile, mine, swamp, beautiful, nine, heap, pine, rice, ride, ripe, side, site, flood, tile, time, prong, hoop, mean, vine, vise, wide, wile, whisk, wire, wise

Long four letter O words

bone, hole, code, coke, cone, coping, core, bay, doze, front, hole, home, file, hope, tube, joke, rag, vein, lonely, lore, mode, mole, affliction, splinter, knot, no, hint, sack, rod, pope, pore, robe, rode, roll, rope, rose, rove, sole, crack, dead, vote, woke, wore, wob

Long four-letter U-words

dice, heal, cute, dude, duke, dune, smoke, huge, bait, mule, muse, dumb, nuke, clean, rude, rule, safe, tube

Longer silent E-words

worship, blame, blare, brave, bride, calculate, close, clothe, crane, crime, cupcake, dance, drive, evoke, extreme, fable, fleece, fluke, flute, frame, gauge, goose, grace, grate, grave, grove, handle, therefore, los, elk, orate, plane, scene, skate, slate, defiance, state, hearth, stripes, tadpole, wail, wrote

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Silent-E rules for pronunciation

Anchor chart with a list of silent E words

Source: Latoya Burrows on Pinterest

Silent E is known for "letting the vowel say its name," and that's one of his most important roles. But this final E also has other implications for the pronunciation of words. Here are some to teach your students.

1. Silent E makes the vowel before it long

Examples: Think of CVCe words like cap vs. cape or mop vs. mope. There are also a handful of 3-letter silent e-words where the pronunciation is changed, such as B. do vs. doe.

2. It softens C and G

Examples: dance, wages or stage

3. Silent E softens TH

Examples: bathing, soothing or emollient

4. When it appears with an L at the end, it adds a syllable to words

Examples: Bundle, Simple or Handle

For more ways Silent E can affect words, visit All About Learning Press.

Activities and ideas for teaching Silent E

These Silent E activities, songs, and videos will help your students master this challenging concept.

Vintage Silent E

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Here's a throwback to share with your kids! Tom Lehrer wrote this song for The Electric Company in the 1970s, but the message (and the song) is just as relevant today.

Silent E is a ninja

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For a more recent version of Silent E-Videos, check out this clip starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, also from The Electric Company. Silent E is definitely sneaky!

The Mighty Silent E to read aloud

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-rT4wJe-fQ[/embed]

This read-aloud tells the story of Silent E as he learns just how special he really is.

The bossy E

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBP-AW29YDk[/embed]

Here's another Silent E video, this one with the Bossy E!

Wave Magic E's wand

Star shaped paper stick with letter changing words from short vowels to long vowels

Play out the idea of ​​"Magic E" with these fun Silent E wands! Add it to the end of CVC words and watch the magic happen.

Learn more: Playdough to Plato

Go word search

Printable Silent E Word Hunt worksheet

Send children on a word search through a book, magazine or newspaper to find silent e words. Don't forget to look out for the "idiots" who don't follow the rules.

Learn more: The measured mother

Hang a Sneaky E anchor chart

Anchor card with Sneaky E for teaching Silent E words

A colorful diagram like this will look great in your classroom and help students remember how the sneaky Silent E works.

Learn more: Emily Education

Add a sticky note

Magic E anchor chart of sticky notes used to add E to the end of words

This is such a clever anchor card! Add a Silent E sticky note to each word to see the sound change (and sometimes make a whole new word).

Source: @thekinderheartedclassroom

Make Silent E flip strips

Paper strips with CVCe words, with the end reversed and the silent E

These smart strips demonstrate the power of a Magic E. Let kids write their own on strips of paper, or buy a set of Tickled Pink in Primary.

Line up an E and add an E

Students lined up to spell FIN, then a student with a sparkly E was added at the end to spell FINE

Get students moving with this fun activity. Make your E sparkly for extra impact!

Get our free Silent “E” to print out!

Learn more: For the Love of First Class

What are your favorite tips for teaching silent e-words? Come and share the WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.

Also, what are sight words and how do I teach them?

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