Phonetic Elements Mentor Texts

mentor texts for phonetic elements

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Phonetic Elements Mentor Texts

Short a and ank Mentor Texts

Short e Mentor Texts

Short i, ing, ink Mentor Texts

Short o Mentor Texts

Short u Mentor Texts

Long Vowel Mentor Texts

R Controlled Vowels and Diphthongs Mentor Texts

 Facts About Silent E  ~ “Magic e”

  • Silent e usually makes the vowel says its name, not its sound, as in rake, Pete, bike, rode, tube.
  • Silent e helps keep some words from looking like plurals, as in please ~ not pleas, and house ~ not hous.
  • The letter v does not appear at the end of words, so the silent e gives these words orthographic regularity, as in dove, love, shove, have. 
  • The silent e indicates when the letter g or c stands for its soft sound, as in cage or race. 

In addition to silent e, many vowel spellings are formed by vowel digraphs, also known as vowel pairs or teams. This chart shows the predictability of various vowel digraphs. Spelling Frequency

You can use the above books to teach phonetic elements, or get. . .

900 pages of DECODABLE TEXTS organized by sound and spelling!

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  • 900 pages of decodable texts on 2 Google docsall for $10!
  • Doc 1 has short and long vowels a, e, i, o, u decodable texts representing the various spellings for each vowel. For example, for long i – stories are organized by open syllable i, i_e, igh, y, ye, ind/ild. The doc also contains au/aw stories and the many ways long u is formed, including ew and oo.
  • Doc 2 has short oo, oi/oy, ow/ou, and r-controlled vowels. 

Peek inside Doc 1 of my long e stories. I give facts about each vowel’s spelling frequency, and I have a live table of contents – click the spelling type you want your students to read!

  • These Docs combine multiple sources organized by sound and spelling and contain ONLY resources made available for free online.
  • A link to the source of each story is included so you can explore even MORE decodable texts.
  • 100% black and white – ready to be printed – print what you need as you go!
  • Word counts are included for some stories. 

Here is how I use Doc 1 & Doc 2 – my decodable “file cabinets”!

 

 

Copyright 11/29/2012

Edited 04/30/2023

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