Grade 1 · Week 5long vowel patterns
Mike and Jane Fly a Kite
Students read a short story about Jane and Mike at the kite park, then answer six questions about silent-e long vowel words, with teacher and homeschool guidance included.
On screen - your kid, alone
- 1Day 1 - Meet the story
- 2Day 2 - Word work
- 3Day 3 - What it means
- 4Day 4 - Fix & re-read
- 5Day 5 - Show what you know
Offline - with you
Print the pages for offline work together; the answer key is for you.
Sit next to your child and read the passage aloud first, then ask them to read it back to you and circle or point to every word that ends with a silent e, like kite, Mike, ride, time, late, hope, home, rope, June, and cake. Say something like, "Listen to the vowel in kit and then in kite. Do you hear how the e at the end makes the i say its name?" A strong answer is when your child can read the word, say the long vowel sound, and tell you which letter is silent at the end. For the sorting questions, good answers group words by the vowel sound you hear: long a (Jane, cake, late), long i (kite, Mike, ride, time), long o (hope, home, rope), and long u (June, cute, tune). If your child struggles, slow down and compare pairs side by side — write kit and kite, hop and hope, cap and cape on paper, read each pair together, and have your child cover the e with a finger to hear the short sound first. Keep it short and playful; five to ten minutes of careful reading and one quick sort is plenty for one sitting.
Mike and Jane Fly a Kite
Jane and Mike go to the park. The time is late, but the wind is fine. Mike has a red kite on a rope. Jane will ride her bike. They hope the kite will go up. June is on the grass with cake. The kite flies! Mike and Jane smile. Soon they will go home.
What this lesson checks
- Sound correspondence: Which word has the long u sound with silent e, like the name June?
- Sound correspondence: Which word from the story uses the a_e silent-e pattern?
- Sound correspondence: Find one word from the story that has the long i sound with silent e. Write the word.
- Sound correspondence: Which word from the story has a SHORT vowel sound (not a long vowel)?
- Sound correspondence: Copy a sentence from the story that has a word with the long o sound and silent e.
- Sound correspondence: The word 'cake' has the long a sound. What letter at the end of 'cake' is silent and makes the a say its long sound? Explain in one sentence.