This document provides a lesson on short e vowel sounds. It includes: 1) Vocabulary words with the short e sound grouped by spelling patterns and pictures to identify. 2) Directions to practice identifying, writing, and reading words with short e. 3) Short passages to read aloud and answer comprehension questions about to reinforce the vocabulary words.

1. Lesson 1
Short /e/
I. Vocabulary Development
A. Directions: Name each picture below and tell
something about each.
net gem hen
leg ten bell
bed

2. B. Directions: Read the words in each column.
Short /e/
-ed -eg -em -en -et -ell
bed
fed
led
red
wed
beg
keg
leg
peg
veg
gem
fem
hem
rem
sem
den
hen
men
pen
ten
bet
get
jet
net
pet
bell
fell
sell
tell
well
C. Directions: Encircle the word that names the picture.
bed fed
leg keg
gem hem
den hen
net bet

3. D. Directions: Box the phrase that tells about the picture.
a bed a fed
a long leg a short keg
a blue jet a blue wet
a white den a white hen
a small net a big bet

4. E. Directions: Form words by adding a letter to the given
ending syllable -ed. Write them on the space at the
right.
F. Directions: Write the words you have formed in the
activity above in cursive form.
II. Oral Reading for Vocabulary Development, Fluency
and Understanding
A.Directions: Read the following phrases.
a bed a small net
a long leg Jep and Jen met
a short keg Bell and Dell wed
a blue jet a red hen fell
a white hen Ben fed the hen
b
m f
-ed
w l
r
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
5. _________________
6. _________________

5. B. Directions: Read the sentences. Answer the questions
below.
1. Dell has a red hen.
Who has a red hen?
What does Dell have?
What is the color of Dell’s
hen?
2. Bell has a bed.
Who has a bed?
What does Bell have?
3. Bell and Dell met the seven men at the den.
Who met the seven men
at the den?
Who did Bell and Dell
meet at the den?
Where did they meet?
4. Ben’s pen fell off the well.
Who has a pen?
What happened to
Ben’s pen?

6. 5. Greg wants to sell the keg to the seven men.
Who wants to sell the
keg?
What does Greg want to
sell to the seven men?
To whom does Greg
want to sell the keg?
C.Directions: Read the story. Answer the questions
below.
Jell and Kell
Jell is a red hen.
Kell is a blue hen.
They went to the den.
They met the seven men.
1. Who is the red hen?
2. Who is the blue hen?
3. Where did they go?
4. Who did they meet?
5. How many men are
there?

7. Greg’s Toy
Greg has a jet toy.
Its color is red.
Greg went to the well with his toy.
His jet fell into the well.
His jet was wet.
1. Who has a toy?
2. What is his toy?
3. Where did Greg go?
4. What happened to
his jet?
5. Was his jet wet?