Fun-Time Phonics!

Lesson E

Learning to Read: Short Vowel letters

The letter “e” looks like this:

e or E
The letter “e” stands for the /eh/ sound in end, Ed, jet, and bed. We
use the letter “e” to write words with the /eh/ sound in them. When
we read, the letter “e” tells us to say /eh/.

end

Ed

jet

bed

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Fun-Time Phonics! Activity 16

Activity 16: Connecting “e” With /eh/

Listen as I say each picture name. If you hear the /eh/ sound,
that word is written with an “e.”

Which picture name is written with an “e” in it?

e
red, road

e
ball, bell, bull

e
knit, knot, net

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 Fun-Time Phonics! Activity 16

Activity 16: Connecting “e” With /eh/

Which picture name is written with an “e” in it?

e
pet, pot, putt

e
white, wait, wet

e
pin, pen, pan

e
egg, igloo, ugly

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 Answers

Fun-Time Phonics! Activity 16

Activity 16: Connecting “e” With /eh/

Listen as I say each picture name. If you hear the /eh/ sound,
that word is written with an “e.”

Which picture name is written with an “e” in it?

e
red, road

e
ball, bell, bull

e
knit, knot, net

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 Answers

Fun-Time Phonics! Activity 16

Activity 16: Connecting “e” With /eh/

Which picture name is written with an “e” in it?

e
pet, pot, putt

e
white, wait, wet

e
pin, pen, pan

e
egg, igloo, ugly

76 ©2015 The Critical Thinking Co.™ • www.CriticalThinking.com • 800-458-4849

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