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Unit 6—Lesson 8: The Magic e Story 423
Unit 6—Lesson 8: The Magic e Story Orange Letters on Class and Student Key Teacher
Students
Connection: Discuss kids.
Discuss how kids are different from babies.
Teaching Point: When a silent Magic e comes after a single vowel letter closed in by a consonant, the vowel says its name. The Key, color-coding, and the story help us hear, feel, see and remember the Magic e vowel pattern. Teach: Discuss Magic e’s ‘mind-me’ look.
Make a ‘mind-me’ look.
Demonstrate Magic e with hop/hope. Write vowel letters with a box and a silent e. (a☐e)
Name vowel letters.
Point out that ee is the only one where the e is right next to the vowel. Trace it in orange on Class Key.
Trace ee in orange on Student Key.
(Point to a-e) What will this vowel say?
Say/a-e/. Find a-e on key.
Trace a box e (a☐e) under open a in orange on Class Key. Continue routine for o☐e, i☐e, and u☐e.
Trace a box e under open a in orange on Student Key. (a☐e)
Guided Practice: Teach Hidden Word with Mouth Cues.
Play Hidden Word with Mouth Cues.
Choose appropriate level for Independent Practice.
Independent Practice: Continue to play Hidden Word with Mouth Cues with A, B, or c list.
Connection (Write ‘not’ and ‘no’ on board.) We’ve learned lots of ways to spell different kinds of vowel sounds. The closed in Baby Short vowels make their Baby sound (point to not) and Open Teen vowels say their name (point to no), but what’s in between a Baby and a teenager? Yes, a kid. Does anyone here know a kid? You know . . . someone who is 5 or 6? (With a big smile name your student’s age range.) Of course! That’s you. You are kids. Hmmm, if your parents were going to be away for a couple of hours, would they leave you alone? No, they would hire a babysitter. True, but do they baby you by dressing you or feeding you? No! So what are some grown-up things that you can do that a Baby can’t? Turn and talk with your partner. (Circulate.) I heard you say you can set the table; you
make your bed and you water plants. Some of you even watch over your little brothers or sisters. Wow! You’re starting to practice things that grown-ups do. Kid vowels are the same way. They are not ready to be in an open syllable without a consonant babysitter, but they are ready to practice saying their name. To do this, kid vowels need encouragement from a special silent letter called Magic e. We learned the stories for Baby Shorts and Open Teens. Now we are ready to hear the story Magic e. There are five vowel letters that follow the pattern of Magic e. Writing all the Magic e spelling choices on the key in the same color helps us use our mouths to find the sound and our eyes to see the letter patterns. Materials: Class Vowel Key; Student Vowel Key; One copy of the Magic e Hidden Word list per partner pair; orange writing tool for each student