Magic “e” Wand and Instructional Banner Kit
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• Magic “e” Wand
• Magic “e” Instructional Banner, laminated
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
identify CVC words displayed in your classroom that would
make new words by adding a silent e. Have them say the CVC
word, place the Wand at the end of the word, and say the
new word that would be formed by adding a silent e.
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Stuff®
Magic “e” Wand and Instructional Banner Kit—an
interactive tool that will help your students review the
magic of the silent e!
Meeting Common Core State Standards
This Really Good Stuff® Magic “e” Wand and Instructional
Banner Kit is aligned with the following Common Core State
Standard for English Language Arts:
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.1.3.c. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for
representing long vowel sounds.
Introducing the Magic “e” Wand and Instructional
Banner Kit
Before introducing the Magic “e” Wand and Instructional
Banner Kit, make copies of this Really Good Stuff® Activity
Guide and file the pages for future use. Or, download
another copy of it from our Web site at
www.reallygoodstuff.com. Hang the Banner where students
will be able to see and interact with it easily.
Gather students around the Banner, and invite them to
share their ideas about what they see. Point out the title,
words, and pictures displayed. Beginning with the word can,
walk students through the spelling of the word, the sounds
they hear when they read the word aloud, and the picture of
the can. As students read the word aloud, point out that
the a makes the short vowel sound. Introduce the Wand by
placing it over the picture of the can and ask students to
read the word aloud, only this time with the magic “e” at the
end. Allow students to share what they hear and notice how
the word can becomes the word cane when the magic “e” is
added to the end. Point out the picture of the girl holding a
cane. As students read the word cane aloud, explain that
the magic “e” at the end of the word makes the a say its
name, making the long vowel sound. Explain to students
that the magic “e” is a silent e and does not make a sound.
Repeat the steps for the words displayed on the Banner,
stopping after each word to allow students the opportunity
to discuss how the magic “e” changes the word.
Magic “e” Words Around the Room
Challenge students to find words around the room that
could become magic “e” words or are already magic “e” words
and to use the Wand to highlight them: Tell students to
Reverse the process: Instruct students to find words that
have a silent e, say the word, highlight the e with the Wand,
and tell what the word would sound like without the silent e.
Let’s Make It Count
Have students search for magic “e” words in familiar text,
and then use math skills to rate their success: Make one
copy of the Let’s Make It Count Reproducible, and fill in the
point amount in the instructions. For example, each word
can be worth 1 point. (Or, words could also be worth 2, 5, or
10 points helping students to practice their skip counting
as they total their scores.) Copy and distribute the filled-in
reproducible. Set out several books, magazines, poems,
sight-word flash cards, and/or journals and allow students
10 minutes or more to search through and record as many
magic “e” words as they can find. At the end of the allotted
time, direct students to total the points on their
reproducible and to compare totals. The student or group
with the most points wins!
Have volunteers demonstrate how some of the words they
found are magic “e” words by writing a CVC word on the
board, and then using the Wand to add the e as they say
both words. For example, a student may have found the word
tape in a journal. The student would write tap on the board,
then use the Wand to add the e, and say both words.
Magic “e” Word Search
Copy and distribute the Magic “e” Word Search Reproducible.
Instruct students to identify the magic “e” images shown
on the page—bite, kite, cube, tape, dime, note, plane, ride,
note, robe—and to find the words in the word search. If you
wish, make a few copies of the Magic “e” Word Search
Reproducible and have students use it to correct their own
papers.
Around We Go
Make learning magic “e” fun with a round robin spelling game!
Have students stand in a circle. Say a magic “e’ word, like
tape or dime. Select a student to begin and hand him or her
the Wand. That student will start spelling the selected word
by naming the first letter and then pass the Wand to the
next student. That student will announce the second letter,
and so on until the entire word has been spelled. The
student who ends up saying the magic “e”, hands the Wand
to the next student, and then sits down. Continue playing
until there is only one student left standing.
All activity guides can be found online.
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Let’s Make It Count Reproducible
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Magic “e” Word Search Reproducible
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Magic “e” Word Search Answer Key Reproducible
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