O_e words (long o with silent e)

How do you teach o_e words?

Use hop and hope, not and note, rob and robe. "The silent e makes the o say its name." Read mixed lines of a_e, i_e and o_e so the student checks the vowel each time. O_e words with blends (stone, close, broke) come next.

What mistake do students make with o_e words?

Students read home as /hum/ or come as /kōm/. Come, some, done and gone are common words that look like o_e but aren't. Teach them as heart words before o_e so they don't confuse the pattern.

Where do o_e words come in the sequence?

O_e usually follows i_e in the silent e unit. In the sequence we use, the pattern is taught in Lesson 56.

Exceptions worth knowing

Come, some, done, gone, love and move all end in o, consonant, e without a long o. Whose and lose say /oo/.

Decodable sentences

Every word in these sentences can be read at Lesson 56 or earlier, or is a heart word taught by then.

• The rope is at home.
• I hope the note is on the stove.
• A mole hid in the hole.