Silent e Board Game: Idea #312

If your student is a visual learner and thrives working in small groups, you should introduce them to the Silent e Board Game. This game provides excellent practice with reading silent e words. Here is how you play:

1. PREPARATION: Go to the following website: http://r3600f11silente.wikispaces.com/Learning+Center+Activities. Scroll down to the section that says Silent e Board Game.

2. Print off the board game. You will also need: two dice, game pieces, and flash cards with silent e words.

3. TO PLAY: Player 1 rolls the dice and picks up a silent e flash card from the stack. Player 1 must be able to read the word on the card as well as the word without the silent e. For example, if the card said: cape, the student would also say cap.

4. If Player 1 can read the word with the long and short vowel sounds, they can move however spaces they roll with the dice. If Player 1 can't read both words, then they must move back one space on the board.

5. The first player to get to the end wins the game.

I hope your student enjoys playing this game!