Magic E: Idea #217

Another fun way to teach your student to read harder words is to teach them the Magic E Song found here. When your student understands that the 'e' is silent at the end of the word, they are able to read more words. All they need to remember is that the first vowel in the word says it's name (or long vowel sound) and the e is silent. Here are some words you could practice with your student:

bake
take
care
fade
wave
bike
like
bite
dive
hive
cove
rode
yoke
home
hope
mule
rule

As a teacher, when I introduced the Magic E, I always made a wand by using a popsicle stick and gluing a small paper 'e' on the end of it. We would use the wand to point to words in books that had the Magic E. My students loved using the wand and applying what they learned. I hope your student enjoys it too!