![]() ![]() In words like chance and gorge, the C and G are followed by an E and they give their soft sounds. All About Reading and All About Spelling teach these rules in detail. Thank you for pointing out that C says it’s soft /s/ sound before E, I, or Y, and G may say it’s soft /j/ sound before E, I, or Y. (In AAS, the jobs are numbered differently because we lumped some together in the “Handyman E” category.) We teach the jobs step by step, one lesson at a time, so students can master the concepts at their own pace.Īre you interested in seeing some sample lessons? Click to download! In the All About Reading and All About Spelling programs, we teach all the jobs of Silent E. That’s pretty neat! How We Teach Silent E Other examples in which Silent E has two jobs include hive, mice, trace, page, and cage. For example, did you know that Silent E can do two jobs in a single word? Check out the word race-Silent E makes the A long and makes the C soft. ![]() Knowing the truth also opens the door to some interesting word discussions. Students can trust their education, instead of being misled by a myth. If it doesn’t make the preceding vowel long, there are other options to explain its existence. ![]() When students know the truth-the full story about Silent E and all of its jobs-they aren’t thrown off when they see Silent E at the end of a word. Sometimes they make the preceding vowel long, but they can also do six other jobs. In a similar vein, not all Silent E’s do the same job. Dogs can be brown, white, sable, yellow, or mixed. Would your child believe you very long if you tried to convince him that all dogs are black? While it is true that some dogs are black, it is not true that all dogs are black. Saying “Silent E makes the vowel say its own name” is like saying “dogs are black.” Click to download and print this Silent E infographic! The chart below shows seven jobs of Silent E, along with sample words. This situation is frustrating and unnecessary, because… Silent E Has Many Jobs But many students take the “rule” at face value and think that the problem is with them-that they just can’t figure out English. Some students are naturally intuitive when it comes to language patterns, and they can fill in the gaps and move on. They start to see words all around them, such as horse, love, and puddle, in which Silent E doesn’t make the preceding vowel long…and then they start to doubt what they are being taught. The Truth about Silent Eīut that’s where the problem arises: after kids learn this rule, they encounter hundreds of words that don’t fit into this easy pattern. This would be a good rule if it were the whole truth. Dozens of popular phonics programs teach this, and it is one of the most common reading and spelling “rules” taught to beginning learners. In each example, Silent E changes the short vowel into a long vowel (in other words, the vowel says its name). You have probably heard this one…Īnd if you look at the following word pairs, that rule does appear to be true. Today we’re going to bust another phonics myth. ![]()
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