State the Objective
Tell the children that they will set up a sale and that they will read and write words with a silent e, such as sale, home, bike, game, vase, kite, and skate.

Literacy Activities
Introduce the target pattern

• Display silent-e target words (e.g., sale, home, bike, game, vase, kite, skate) and read the words with the children.
• Explain that the e at the end of the long-vowel words is silent and makes the vowel say its name.

Set up a sale

• Read the Sale Today and A Sale at My Home target texts (see below).
• Support the children in writing silent-e sale signs (e.g., Kate's Sale, Vases for Sale, A Home Sale, Things I Made to Sell, A Bike and Skate Sale, a Cake Sale, Games for Sale).
• Have the children read each other’s signs and pretend to use dimes to buy each other’s imaginary sale items (e.g., kites, bikes, games, skates, cakes, homes, vases).
• Help the children label silent-e picture cards (see below).

Sort silent-e words

• Have the children separate silent-e words cards (see below) according to the vowel.
• Have the children write silent-e words from dictation (e.g., sale, home, bike, game, vase, kite, skate).

Contrast the number of letters and sounds

• Have the children separate silent-e words cards (see below) according to the vowel.
• Have the children write silent-e words from dictation (e.g., sale, home, bike, game, vase, kite, skate).