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Rose likes Luke, Jane, Steve, Dave,
Eve, and Mike. But her very best pal
is Porcupine Pete. Porcupine Pete
by Maria Fleming
illustrated by Steve Björkman

are read-aloud stories designed to teach children

phonics in a fun and focused way. Skills covered include long and short vowels,
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Porcupine Pete
by Maria Fleming

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

illustrated by Stephen Björkman

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 Do you want Sorry, Jane.
to ride bikes, I can’t ride
Rose? bikes today.
Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Phonics Fact
The words these, Rose, Luke,
Jane, and Steve are all silent-e
words because you don‘t hear
the e at the end of the word.
But the silent e still has a job to
do. It makes the vowel sound
in these words a long-vowel
sound. What other silent-e
words can you find in this story?
Look at the pictures, too!

My name is Rose. These are my friends,

Luke, Jane, and Steve.

 Do you want to get
an ice cream cone? Nope. I need
to get home.

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

These are my other friends, Dave, Mike,

and Eve.

 Pete!
Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Phonics Fact
Look at the words pet and Pete. By
putting a silent e at the end of pet, the
vowel sound changes from short e to
long e. It makes a new word. Be on
the lookout for more silent-e words
with the long-e sound.

They are good friends. But my very best friend is

my pet, Pete. Pete and I do everything together.

 Watch out for that
centipede, Pete!

I hope I don’t fall

on the concrete.

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Hey, I’m not a centipede.
I’m a millipede!

Pete is a great athlete. We love to compete.


 I love spending
time with you!
What a
fun ride!
Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Phonics Fact
Look at the words spin and spine. By
putting a silent e at the end of spin,
the vowel sound changes from short i
to long i. It makes a new word. Be on
the lookout for more silent-e words
with the long-i sound.

I spin Pete on the merry-go-round.

It tickles his spines.

 Let’s slide
That would
down twice!
be quite nice!

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

We like to sit side-by-side on a double-wide

slide. Down we glide!

 Those stones are no good.
I need a small stone.
Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Phonics Fact
Look at the words hop and hope.
By putting a silent e at the end of hop,
the vowel sound changes from short o
to long o. It makes a new word. Be on
the lookout for more silent-e words
with the long-o sound.

Pete and I play hopscotch together.

I hope to hop as well as Pete one day.

 I love the clothes
you chose!

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

We love to pose in silly clothes. In a robe,

I’m a queen on a throne. Pete’s a clown in
a cone hat and funny nose.

 I’m Blaze. What’s your
superhero name, Pete?
Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

I’m Ace. I fly

faster than
a plane.

Phonics Fact
Look at the words cap and cape.
By putting a silent e at the end of cap,
the vowel sound changes from short a
to long a. It makes a new word. Be on
the lookout for more silent-e words
with the long-a sound.

Sometimes we dress in a cap and cape.

We pretend we are brave superheroes.
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 Wow! He ate Yup! He cleaned
it all. his plate.

Welcome to
Jade Lake

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

No, Pete!
Just pretend
to eat it. But it tastes yummy.
I didn’t want to
waste it.

Pete and I make fake cakes for picnics

by the lake.
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Phonics Fact
Look at the words hug and huge. By
putting a silent e at the end of hug, the
vowel sound changes from short u to
long u. It makes a new word. Be on
the lookout for more silent-e words
with the long-u sound.

It can be tricky to give Pete a hug.

But it’s not a huge problem.
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 I refuse to give
up hugs.

I’m a huge fan

of hugs.

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

We just use marshmallows!

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 Pete, I would not trade you
for anything in the whole
wide world.

Me, neither.
Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Pete is always by my side. Life would not be

complete without my pet, Pete!
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Silent-e Riddles
Listen to the riddles. Then match each riddle
with the silent-e word from the box.

Word Box
slide Pete nose cake huge

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

wide cape cute rose lake

1 This is a kind of flower.

2 People use this word to describe babies.

3 Superman wears one of these.

4 This is a great place to go fishing.

5 It is a boy’s name.

6 You use this to smell.

7 It is the opposite of narrow.

8 You eat this sweet treat on your birthday.

9 This means very big.

10 You find this at a playground.

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Answers: 1. rose 2. cute 3. cape 4. lake 5. Pete 6. nose 7. wide 8. cake 9. huge 10. slide
 Silent-e Cheer
Hooray for silent e and its long-vowel sound!

Let’s holler silent-e words all over town!

There’s Pete and like, concrete and slide.

Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

There’s robe and cone and bike and hide.

There’s cute and cube and mule and name.

There’s joke and rope and cake and game.

Silent e! Silent e! Let’s cheer for a while,

For words that always make us smile!

Make a list of
other silent-e
Silent words. Then
e
use them in
your cheer.

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