Kira Cohen

Ms. Rossi, Edgewood Elementary School

March 9, 2018

1) Title: Magic E

2) Lesson Essential Questions: How does adding a silent e at the end of the word change

the original vowel sound?

3) Standards:

a. Pennsylvania: CC.1.1.K.D Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis

skills in decoding words.

b. New Jersey: RF.K.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills

in decoding and encoding words.

4) Learning Objectives and Assessments:

Students will be able to read words with Objective will be observed through group

and without silent e work and choral response

Students will be able to identify which Objective will be measured through a

words need and do not need a silent e worksheet

5) Materials:

a. Magic wand

b. Place to write (whiteboard and marker, or pad and paper)

6) Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge

 a. Students will already be informed on the two types of vowel sounds, short and

long. Students may have already had exposure to the silent e, making this lesson

serve as a form of review.

7) Lesson Beginning

a. Teacher will conduct magic trick at the front of the class, then ask the students if

they’d like to see another trick. For the second trick, teacher will write three

letter word on the board (ex: kit) and change the word by adding the silent e,

causing the vowel to say its name and magically changing the word. Students will

then be invited up to also perform this magic trick.

8) Instructional Plan

Activity Materials Time

Teacher will perform magic Magic wand 3 minutes

trick at the front of the class

Teacher will perform second Magic wand, student 2 minutes

magic trick, involving a word volunteer

Teacher will explain how a n/a 3 minutes

word without a magic e will

be a short vowel, but adding

a magic e gets the vowel to

say its name, changing the

word
 Class will together practice Paper, marker 10 minutes

changing words from CVC

into CVCe.

Class will go back and Worksheet 10 minutes

practice the newly acquired

skills in a worksheet

Teacher will go over the Doc cam 5 minutes

worksheet

Teacher will congratulate n/a 2 minutes

the students on being

fabulous magicians, and ask

the students to be sure to

be on the lookout for the

magic e next time they’re

kid writing.

a. Differentiation:

a. Students who finish the worksheet ahead of time will be asked to draw a picture

on the back of the worksheet of two words, one with and one without the silent

e. For example, rob and robe.

b. Questions:

a. What is a short vowel? What sound does it make?

 b. What is a long vowel? What sound does it make?

c. How does adding a silent e change the word?

d. Can you read the word with and without a magic e?

c. Classroom Management:

a. Teacher will ask for the student’s respect while she and others are speaking

b. Teacher will ask for the student’s best work and behavior

c. Teacher will use the star system for especially well behaving and misbehaving

students

d. Transitions:

a. Teacher will ask the students to hop, skip, or shuffle back to their seats from the

carpet.

9) Closure:

a. Teacher will congratulate the students on being excellent magicians, and remind

them to be on the lookout for the magic e in their free reading and kid writing.