I am sure your girls have told you about learning about the Magic e syllable. They are working very hard and get so excited when we get a new skill. Yesterday we started with the e-e pattern. There are very few words with the e-e pattern but we are continually using a-e and all our short vowels rules. The girls have grown so much this year, and I am very proud of them.

 Here are some questions that are great for review when reading words…

-What type of syllable is it? (We have learned 2 so far – Closed or Magic E)

-What type of vowel? (short or long – closed has short vowels and magic e has long vowels)

-What rule does this word follow? (FLOSS, -ck, -tch, -dge, Magic E, cat/kite, suffix -s – it may have more than one)

-How many vowels?

-How many consonants?

-How many sounds?

-How many letters?

The challenge as we have moved into another type of syllable is tapping the correct vowel sound. Many times, students will tap Sam for same or pet for Pete. This also becomes tricky when you have words that end with a /k/ sound. They have to decide what type of vowel and then spell either Mack or make, tack or take, etc.

Continue to practice at home and please ask some of these questions as your child reads to you.

 Thanks so much!