The magic “e” Imogen Stewart Stafford College 1

The magic “e” Imogen Stewart Stafford College 1

What is the magic “e”? It is the “e” added to the end of a CVC word This “e” changes the sound of the vowel before it This vowel sound becomes Imogen Stewart Stafford College LONG 2

What is the magic “e”? Let’s have a look at some examples . Imogen Stewart Stafford College 3

cube Imogen Stewart Stafford College 4

tape Imogen Stewart Stafford College 5

ca e p Imogen Stewart Stafford College 6

mate Imogen Stewart Stafford College 7

Putting the magic “e” into practice What do these words mean? hat rip mad man pan fat hid dinwin Imogen Stewart Stafford College bit 8

Putting the magic “e” into practice What do they mean now? . hate ripe mane made pane fate hidedine wine bite Imogen Stewart Stafford College 9

Putting the magic “e” into practice What you have learned is: That adding an “e” at the end of a CVC word changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel sound Imogen Stewart Stafford College 10

Putting the magic “e” into practice It also changes the meaning of the word! Imogen Stewart Stafford College 11