silent e TM Rose likes Luke, Jane, Steve, Dave, Eve, and Mike But her very best pal is Porcupine Pete Porcupine Pete by Maria Fleming illustrated by Steve Björkman are read-aloud stories designed to teach children phonics in a fun and focused way Skills covered include long and short vowels, vowel pairs, bossy-r words, blends, digraphs, and more Set learners on the road to reading success with every book in this kid-pleasing series! Price: $3.50 U.S./$4.99 CAN This edition is only available for distribution through the school market EAN www.scholastic.com ISBN-13: 978-0-439-89352-7 ISBN-10: 0-439-89352-6 780439 89 3527 > silent e TM silent e by Maria Fleming illustrated by Stephen Bjưrkman SCHOLASTIC INC New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney Mexico City • New Delhi • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Designed by Maria Lilja ISBN-13: 978-0-439-89352-7 ISBN-10: 0-439-89352-6 Copyright â 2006 by Scholastic Inc All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A First printing, December 2006 12 11 10 6 10 11/0 Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Porcupine Pete Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Do you want to ride bikes, Rose? Sorry, Jane I can’t ride bikes today Phonics Fact The words these, Rose, Luke, Jane, and Steve are all silent-e words because you don‘t hear the e at the end of the word But the silent e still has a job to It makes the vowel sound in these words a long-vowel sound What other silent-e words can you find in this story? Look at the pictures, too! My name is Rose These are my friends, Luke, Jane, and Steve Nope I need to get home Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Do you want to get an ice cream cone? These are my other friends, Dave, Mike, and Eve Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Pete! Phonics Fact Look at the words pet and Pete By putting a silent e at the end of pet, the vowel sound changes from short e to long e It makes a new word Be on the lookout for more silent-e words with the long-e sound They are good friends But my very best friend is my pet, Pete Pete and I everything together Watch out for that centipede, Pete! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources I hope I don’t fall on the concrete Hey, I’m not a centipede I’m a millipede! Pete is a great athlete We love to compete I love spending time with you! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources What a fun ride! Phonics Fact Look at the words spin and spine By putting a silent e at the end of spin, the vowel sound changes from short i to long i It makes a new word Be on the lookout for more silent-e words with the long-i sound I spin Pete on the merry-go-round It tickles his spines That would be quite nice! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Let’s slide down twice! We like to sit side-by-side on a double-wide slide Down we glide! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Those stones are no good I need a small stone Phonics Fact Look at the words hop and hope By putting a silent e at the end of hop, the vowel sound changes from short o to long o It makes a new word Be on the lookout for more silent-e words with the long-o sound Pete and I play hopscotch together I hope to hop as well as Pete one day Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources I love the clothes you chose! We love to pose in silly clothes In a robe, I’m a queen on a throne Pete’s a clown in a cone hat and funny nose Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources I’m Blaze What’s your superhero name, Pete? I’m Ace I fly faster than a plane Phonics Fact Look at the words cap and cape By putting a silent e at the end of cap, the vowel sound changes from short a to long a It makes a new word Be on the lookout for more silent-e words with the long-a sound Sometimes we dress in a cap and cape We pretend we are brave superheroes 10 Wow! He ate it all Yup! He cleaned his plate No, Pete! Just pretend to eat it Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Welcome to Jade Lake But it tastes yummy I didn’t want to waste it Pete and I make fake cakes for picnics by the lake 11 Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Phonics Fact Look at the words hug and huge By putting a silent e at the end of hug, the vowel sound changes from short u to long u It makes a new word Be on the lookout for more silent-e words with the long-u sound It can be tricky to give Pete a hug But it’s not a huge problem 12 I refuse to give up hugs Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources I’m a huge fan of hugs We just use marshmallows! 13 Pete, I would not trade you for anything in the whole wide world Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Me, neither Pete is always by my side Life would not be complete without my pet, Pete! 14 Silent-e Riddles Listen to the riddles Then match each riddle with the silent-e word from the box nose cute cake rose huge lake Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Box slide Pete wide cape This is a kind of flower People use this word to describe babies Superman wears one of these 4 This is a great place to go fishing 5 It is a boy’s name 6 You use this to smell 7 It is the opposite of narrow 8 You eat this sweet treat on your birthday 9 This means very big 10 You find this at a playground 15 Answers: rose cute cape lake Pete nose wide cake huge 10 slide Silent-e Cheer Hooray for silent e and its long-vowel sound! Let’s holler silent-e words all over town! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources There’s Pete and like, concrete and slide There’s robe and cone and bike and hide There’s cute and cube and mule and name There’s joke and rope and cake and game Silent e! Silent e! Let’s cheer for a while, For words that always make us smile! Silent e 16 Make a list of other silent-e words Then use them in your cheer ... friends But my very best friend is my pet, Pete Pete and I everything together Watch out for that centipede, Pete! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) © Scholastic Teaching Resources I... hope I don’t fall on the concrete Hey, I’m not a centipede I’m a millipede! Pete is a great athlete We love to compete I love spending time with you! Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete (silent e) ... be complete without my pet, Pete! 14 Silent- e Riddles Listen to the riddles Then match each riddle with the silent- e word from the box nose cute cake rose huge lake Phonics Tales: Porcupine Pete