Circling CVC E Words Worksheet

Silent e is a little letter with a big job. When an e lands at the end of a short word like kit, hop, or cub, it stays quiet and tells the vowel in front of it to say its own name, so kit becomes kite, hop becomes hope, and cub becomes cube. First graders who can hear and see that change unlock hundreds of new words in the books they are already reading. This Circling CVC E Words Worksheet gives them focused practice deciding whether a sentence needs the short-vowel CVC word or its long-vowel CVCe partner, and then building silent e words of their own.

The sheet is laid out in two short parts so a young reader never feels crowded. In Part A, students read three simple sentences with a missing word and fill in the bubble beside the choice that finishes each one, choosing between a CVC word and its silent e partner. In Part B, they add an e to three short words and write the new long-vowel word on a full-width handwriting line. Because this 1st grade CVC worksheet keeps the text short and the print large, it works equally well as morning work, a phonics center, a quick reteach for a small group, or homework that a parent can check in a minute using the included answer key.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 3 fill-in-the-bubble sentence choices and 3 add-the-silent-e word-building items

There are three reasons this Circling CVC E Words Worksheet helps first graders make the jump from short vowels to long vowels. First, every choice is a true minimal pair, so the only thing a student can use to decide is the vowel sound the silent e creates. Second, the sentences give real meaning to the decision, which pushes children to read for sense instead of guessing at a spelling pattern. Third, the writing section moves them from recognizing the pattern to producing it, which is the step that carries over into their own spelling and writing.

Teachers and parents can stretch the skill well past the page. Write a CVC word on an index card, hand your child a card with a single e on it, and let them slide the e into place while they say both words out loud. Hunt for silent e words on cereal boxes, street signs, and story pages. Sort a small pile of word cards into a short-vowel pile and a long-vowel pile, then read each pile like a poem. Play a quick game of “change one letter” at dinner, turning tap into tape and pin into pine, and celebrate every word your reader builds.

Related Resources

• Adding Silent E Worksheet
• Silent E Fill in the Blank Worksheet
• Silent E Word Search Worksheet
• Letter E Song (Animated Music Video)