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Free long vowel decodable passages
Three short stories for long vowels: silent e (The Lime Cake), ai and ay (A Gray Day) and ee and ea (Dee's Green Bean). Every word uses that pattern, one taught before it, or a listed heart word, and every word is checked.
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A Gray Day (ai, ay)
Dee's Green Bean (ee, ea)
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- “silent e decodable passage”
- “decodable story with ee and ea”
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What it is
Decodable passages for long vowel patterns, each with words to read first, a read-it-again check, questions and a key.
How to use it
- Read the words at the top together first, then the heart words.
- Have the student read the passage aloud, then read it again more smoothly.
- Answer the questions together, pointing back to the line in the story.
Three quick tips
- Let the student sound out before you help.
- Read the same passage on two or three days to build fluency.
- Check a box each time it's read; the second read is where fluency grows.
Questions
- Is every word really decodable?
- Yes. SCAFLI checks every word: it uses that pattern, one taught before it, or one of the listed heart words.
- What are heart words?
- Words with a part that can't be sounded out yet, like the or was. They are listed at the top so the student can learn them by heart first.
- What is silent e?
- An e at the end of a word that makes the vowel say its name, like a in cake.
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