Grade 1 Reading Mastery

Level 7: Long Vowels & Silent 'e' (CVCe Magic E)

STAGE 1 DepEd MATATAG Key Stage 1

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✨ The Magic 'e' Phonics Rule

Silent e jumps over the consonant to make the vowel say its name (long vowel sound)!

Part A Say the short vowel word. Wave your finger to add silent 'e' and read the new word!

cap ➔ cape

pin ➔ pine

hop ➔ hope

cub ➔ cube

Part B Touch each dot with your finger. Read across the 4 Magic 'e' vowel sound families:

Long A (a_e)

bake

lake

wave

gate

Long I (i_e)

bike

kite

ride

time

Long O (o_e)

bone

cone

home

rope

Long U (u_e)

cube

cute

mule

tube

Detective Max's Clue Trail

Level 7: CVCe Word Investigation

STAGE 2 Word-to-Picture Precision

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Investigator: Detective Max 🐾

Clue Hunt Look at each picture. Circle the correct Magic 'e' word, then write it neatly:

cak cake coke

kit kite kate

bon bane bone

bik bake bike

con can cone

mul mole mule

Part B Choose the best Magic 'e' word from the Word Bank to finish each clue sentence:

Word Bank: [ gate ] [ home ] [ cute ]

1. Jake closed the wooden after he went out.

2. We rode our bikes all the way back together.

3. The little puppy with floppy ears is so !

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Target Words: CVCe Long Vowels

Jake's Big Kite at the Lake

Read 3 times: ★ ★ ★

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Jake took his fine red kite to the blue lake. He rode his bike past the tall pine trees and the stone gate. A brave dog with a white bone came to run with Jake. The warm wind made the kite rise high in the sky! "Look at the red kite glide!" shouted Kate from home. Jake gave a big wave and smiled with pride.

Check Up Read each question carefully and fill in the circle for the best answer:

1. Where did Jake take his red kite?

A to the blue lake B to the dark cave C to the shop

2. What did Jake ride past the pine trees and stone gate?

A a slow mule B his bike C a red boat

3. What was the brave dog holding in its mouth?

A a long rope B a sweet cone C a white bone

4. Which Magic 'e' word from the story rhymes with cake?

A lake B home C pine

Answer Key & Diagnostic Guide

Level 7: CVCe Long Vowels Assessment

TEACHER KEY Score Matrix (21 Pts)

Activity Solutions & Answer Verification Max: 21 Points

Page 1: Phonics Lab (8 pts)

Part A Transformations:

• cap ➔ cape (long /eɪ/)

• pin ➔ pine (long /aɪ/)

• hop ➔ hope (long /oʊ/)

• cub ➔ cube (long /juː/)

Part B Vowel Pillars:

• a_e: bake, lake, wave, gate

• i_e: bike, kite, ride, time

• o_e: bone, cone, home, rope

• u_e: cube, cute, mule, tube

Page 2: Clue Trail (9 pts)

Part A Clues (Circle & Write):

1. Cake ➔ cake

2. Kite ➔ kite

3. Dog bone ➔ bone

4. Bicycle ➔ bike

5. Ice cream ➔ cone

6. Mule ➔ mule

Part B Mystery Blanks:

1. ...closed the wooden gate.

2. ...all the way back home.

3. ...floppy ears is so cute!

Page 3: Decodable Story (4 pts)

Comprehension Questions:

1. A) to the blue lake

2. B) his bike

3. C) a white bone

4. A) lake (rhymes with cake)

Story Fluency Criteria:

• Target rate: 45–60 WPM

• Expressive voice inflection

• Accurate silent 'e' decoding

Kiddie Blocks 10-Level Reading Progression Roadmap Systematic Phonics

Level	Target Literacy Skill	Target Phonetic Exemplars	Curriculum Phase
Level 1–2	CV Blending & VC Rhyme Bases	ma, sa, ba, go, no; -at, -an, -in, -op	Preschool / Kinder
Level 3–5	CVC Short Vowels & Decodable Sentences	cat, hen, pig, dog, sun; sight word sentences	Kindergarten Bridge
Level 6	Beginning & Ending Blends & Digraphs	frog, stop, drum; ship, chop, thin, duck	Grade 1 (Q1)
Level 7	Long Vowels & Silent 'e' (CVCe Magic E)	cake, lake, bike, kite, bone, home, cute, mule	★ CURRENT PACKET
Level 8	Vowel Teams & Diphthongs	rain, feet, boat; coin, boy, cloud, moon	Next Target
Level 9–10	R-Controlled & Fluency Passages	star, bird, fork; multi-paragraph fables	Grade 2 Mastery

Grade 1 Reading Diagnostic Rubric (DepEd MATATAG Aligned) Assessment

Skill Level	Observed Reading & Decoding Behavior	Recommended Next Step
Mastery (85%–100%) 18–21 Points	Instantly switches vowel sound from short to long when silent 'e' appears; reads the decodable passage smoothly at 45+ WPM without hesitations.	Advance directly to Level 8: Vowel Teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa) & Diphthongs (oi, oy, ou, ow).
Developing (60%–84%) 13–17 Points	Recognizes Magic 'e' on familiar words (bike, cake), but occasionally reads short vowels first before self-correcting (e.g., "lak... lake").	Practice oral word-flip games using tactile letter cards and highlight markers for the silent 'e'.
Beginning (<60%) 0–12 Points	Pronounces silent 'e' aloud as /ɛ/ or ignores it entirely (reads 'bone' as 'bon'); struggles with sentence comprehension.	Revisit Level 6 Blends and review CVC short vowel discrimination before re-attempting Magic 'e'.