Phonological Focus: Identify Short e (ĕ, /ɛ/), Long e (ē / ēe, /iː/), and Silent/Unstressed e in poetry. Master phonemic rhyming with the -ell word family.
POETRY & PHONICS
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1. Copy the following carefully. • 2. Put the proper mark over each e that has the long sound ( ē / ēe ) or the short sound ( ĕ ).
Read both poems aloud. Transcribe each line neatly on the writing lines, and place the correct diacritical mark over every long or short e.
Selection A: "My Shadow"Robert Louis Stevenson
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
Selection B: "The Fairies' Dell"Traditional Verse
I know a place where the Fairies dwell;
Down in a dark green, shady dell,
Where the daisies bloom and the soft winds swell;
There is where the Fairies dwell.
3Words where "e" has neither long nor short sound:
Find and write 6 words from the poems where e is silent, vowel-r, or unstressed:
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4Words that rhyme with "dell" (-ell family):
Words that end with the same sound rhyme (as dell, dwell). Write 6 rhyming words:
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💡Phonics & Spelling Rules to Remember
1. Three Roles of Letter “e”
Letter e can make the short sound (ĕ in dĕll, dwĕll), the long sound (ē in mē, bē; ēe in sēe, grēen), or be silent/unstressed (in have, place, use, little, where).
2. Understanding Rhyme
Words that end with the exact same vowel and consonant sounds are said to rhyme (as in dell, dwell, swell, tell, bell). They belong to the same phonogram rime family (-ell /ɛl/).
3. The FLOSS Rule Review
In single-syllable words, when a short vowel (ĕ) comes immediately before the final /l/ sound, the letter l is doubled to -ll (dell, dwell, swell, tell, bell).