Exploring Short E Word Families: Let's Read!

English Language Arts Grades Kindergarten 7:36 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn to read words with the short E sound! This lesson uses fun word families like -en, -ed, -et, and -eg to build reading skills.

Video Resource

Short E Word Families - Learning to Read for Kids!

Miacademy Learning Channel

Duration: 7:36
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Key Concepts

  • Short E sound
  • Word families (-en, -ed, -et, -eg)
  • Blending sounds to read words

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify the short E sound.
  • Students will be able to blend sounds to read CVC words from the -en, -ed, -et, and -eg families.
  • Students will be able to recognize and read words from the -en, -ed, -et, and -eg families.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students if they know what a vowel is, if they have heard the 'E' vowel before, and what sounds it can make. Introduce that today they are going to learn about words that have the short 'E' sound.
  • Video Viewing (5 mins)
    Play the Miacademy video "Short E Word Families - Learning to Read for Kids!". Encourage students to follow along and repeat the sounds and words.
  • Word Family Exploration (10 mins)
    Focus on each word family (-en, -ed, -et, -eg). Write each family on the board and brainstorm words together as a class that belong to each family. Sound out each letter within the word for the students, emphasizing the short 'E' sound. Example: 'b-e-d' - 'bed'.
  • Blending Practice (10 mins)
    Practice blending sounds to read words. Use the "snake" analogy from the video, showing how to slide from one sound to the next. Write letters on the board and blend them together. H-e-n = Hen!
  • Word Family Game (10 mins)
    Play a rhyming game! Say a word from one of the families (e.g., 'bed') and ask students to provide other words in that family (e.g., 'red,' 'fed,' 'led').

Interactive Exercises

  • Word Family Sort
    Provide students with cards containing words from the -en, -ed, -et, and -eg families. Have them sort the words into the correct family.
  • Picture Word Match
    Show students pictures of words from the video (hen, bed, jet, leg). Have them match the picture to the corresponding word card.

Discussion Questions

  • What sound does the letter E make in words like 'hen' and 'bed'?
  • Can you think of other words that sound like 'pen'?
  • What is your favorite word from the video and why?

Skills Developed

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Decoding Skills
  • Vocabulary Building
  • Listening Comprehension

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What sound does the letter 'e' make in the word 'bed'?

Correct Answer: /ĕ/

Question 2:

Which word belongs to the '-en' family?

Correct Answer: Hen

Question 3:

Which animal lives in a 'den'?

Correct Answer: Bear

Question 4:

What is the word for a doctor for animals?

Correct Answer: Vet

Question 5:

Which of these words rhymes with 'wet'?

Correct Answer: Jet

Question 6:

Which word belongs to the '-ed' family?

Correct Answer: Bed

Question 7:

Which word belongs to the '-eg' family?

Correct Answer: Leg

Question 8:

Which word belongs to the '-et' family?

Correct Answer: Vet

Question 9:

What color was the hen?

Correct Answer: Red

Question 10:

How many letters does the word 'hen' have?

Correct Answer: 3

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A baby chicken is called a ______.

Correct Answer: hen

Question 2:

You sleep in a ______.

Correct Answer: bed

Question 3:

An airplane is a ______.

Correct Answer: jet

Question 4:

You have a ______ at the end of your body.

Correct Answer: leg

Question 5:

If your pet is sick, you can take it to the ______.

Correct Answer: vet

Question 6:

The number after nine is ______.

Correct Answer: ten

Question 7:

If you are hungry you can ______ for food.

Correct Answer: beg

Question 8:

I ______ my fish every day.

Correct Answer: fed

Question 9:

Bears live in a ______.

Correct Answer: den

Question 10:

The teacher puts the words on the ______.

Correct Answer: peg

Educational Standards

K.2.PWS.3:Students will produce the sounds for short and long vowels and the most common sound for consonants (e.g., a = /ă/ & /ā/, f = /f/, s = /s/, x = /ks/). K.2.PWS.4:Students will blend letter sounds to decode simple Vowel/Consonant (VC) and Consonant/Vowel/Consonant (CVC) words (e.g., VC words = at, in, up; CVC words = pat, hen, lot). K.2.F.3:Students will begin to develop a sight word vocabulary by decoding and reading regularly- and irregularly-spelled words in isolation and context with increasing automaticity. K.2.PA.6:Students will blend phonemes to form one-syllable spoken words with 2-4 phonemes (e.g., /f/ /l/ /a/ /t/= flat).

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