Canned Sort: Idea #317

I just found another really fun way to practice silent e words. Try doing a canned sort. You can read about it here. This is what you do:

1. PREPARATION: Get/Make/Buy silent e flash cards and CVC flash cards. 

2. Get two cans (soup cans are fine). Label one of the cans 'Silent e'. Label the other can 'CVC words'. 

3. TO PLAY: Mix the silent e and CVC flash cards together and put them in a stack face down. Player 1 chooses the card on top, reads it, and puts the card in the correct can. For example, if the card said note, Player 1 would put the card in the 'Silent e' can.

4. Player 2 then has a turn reading and putting the card in the correct can. Players continue taking turns until all of the cards are sorted.

5. At the end of the game, the teacher dumps out the cans and checks student work. Teacher may ask students to read each word as she goes through the cans.

Have fun practicing!