Silent E Matchups

This silent e picture-matching worksheet helps students strengthen phonics and decoding skills by connecting CVCe long-vowel words with their correct illustrations. Learners analyze pictures and match them to words such as cake, bike, rope, and cube, reinforcing how the silent e changes vowel sounds and word meaning.

Key Learning Objectives

• Skill Focus: Identifying and decoding CVCe long-vowel words
• Critical Thinking Benefit: Builds careful comparison of vowel sounds and spelling structures
• Grade-Level Alignment: Supports phonics and decoding development in Grades 1, 2, and 3
• Curriculum Tie-in: Supports long-vowel identification, silent e rule mastery, and word recognition
• Application Type: Picture-to-word matching that reinforces sound-spelling relationships

Teacher & Parent Features

• Reinforces the silent e rule through visual comparison
• Encourages students to say each word aloud before matching
• Ideal for phonics instruction, literacy centers, or independent practice
• Supports vocabulary development alongside decoding skills
• Builds confidence recognizing long-vowel patterns in print
• Suitable for classroom instruction and homeschool learning

This printable CVCe worksheet strengthens early literacy by helping students visually and phonically connect long-vowel words to their meanings. By matching pictures to correct silent e words, learners improve decoding accuracy, phonics awareness, and confidence reading long-vowel vocabulary.

This worksheet is part of our CVCe (Silent E) Patterns Worksheets collection.