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Tackling the Silent and Long "E" Sounds

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Tackling the Silent and Long "E" Sounds
North

Second grade North Elementary School students in Ms. Janis Steffan's class learned all about the silent "e" and long "e" this week. 

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After studying several examples of how the silent and long "e" is used in different words, they watched a video to further understand the different ways the silent and long "e" are used and why.

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They saw examples of words using the combination of "ie" and the letter "y," and how such letters can make various "e" sounds. 

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After the video they listened and followed along as Mrs. Steffan read a set of words with the silent and long "e" in them. 

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When they came to the challenge section in their phonics book, Ms. Steffan asked the students to circle the words that fit the criteria.

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They then had to write out a set of words three times, as well as choose a word from a word bank and place it where it belonged.

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The workbook activities helped reinforce what they had just learned. 

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At the end of the lesson the students partnered up with a classmate and together they had fun rereading through all the their words.

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