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__**Riddles**__ Cut out the pictures below and have the children tell you what they are. Remind them that they are magic e words. The e is silent and the vowel says its name. (I couldn't post the picture but I have gave you the names, so you could make your own pictures) Gate Race Lake Face Skate After the children guess what the pictures are, write the following Riddles on the board or give them the riddles to work on their own. 1. I keep things out. I keep things in, I rhyme with date. I am a _. 2. You can swim in me. I rhyme with snake. I am a _. 3. I have eyes. I have a mouth. I rhyme with place. I am your _. 4. You can put me on. I rhyme with late. I am a _. 5. You can run in me. I rhyme with lace. I am a. This is great for a younger class that has learned the long vowels already. It is a good review for the students to study on individually. You need the pictures of all the items and a worksheet with the riddles on them.

 __**Make a Snake**__ Cut ovals from colored paper, and give several to each child. Then tell the students to draw a snakes face on one oval and write long a words on the other ovals. Have the students glue the ovals together to form a SLINKY SNAKE. This would be fun for a younger age that are learning the long vowels. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">For this activity you would need ovals for the snake's head and body. Also some crayons for them to decorate. You could also have markers so you could read the words better.

__**Honey Bee**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Cut out six flowers and one honey bee. After the flowers and the bee are cut out write the words cap, tap, fin, hid, hop, cut, and cub in the middle of the flowers. Move the bee from flower to flower so that each time it is at the end of the word. As you move the bee have the students read the new word. Have the students write sentences using the new words <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">This is a good activity for the students to review how the "e" makes the vowel long within a sentence. I think this would be good for a 1st grade class. You would need pre-cut flowers and bees, Popsicle sticks, glue, and markers.

<span style="color: #ff0062; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> __Bossy E__
 * This game lets teachers review spelling for words with long vowels and a bossy E like //hike//, //cake//, and //rope//. The game should be self explanatory just be looking at the board. At any rate, teachers can decide the mechanics of each board square.

[|Game Board]* [|Game Cards]

In this game kids role the dice and land on pictures of words that have consonant digraphs. They have to say the word then spell it or go back. All of the words come from the [|long vowel bossy E card game]: //bike, cake, game, cone, five, tape, ape, nine, dice, kite, pole, hose, hike, lake, cave, rice, gate, dive, vine, hive, ice, cane, pine, nose, cage, cape, mice, rose, bite, wipe,// and //rope////.// There are also 'word skill' card squares that emphasize word skills such as rhyme, beginning sounds, and ending sounds. When students land on these squares they have to answer a question or go back. Finally, there are instruction squares where students have to follow the instructions written in the squares. The first one to the finish is the winner.I think this would be great for 2nd graders.This is a great review.You need the game board, game cards, card game, and dice. ||  ||

==<span style="color: #ff0062; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__**Vowel Dominoes**__ == <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 101%;">Homemade dominoes let students recognize words that have the same long vowel sounds. Cut rectangles out of card stock to create the dominoes. Glue an image to each end of the paper domino, choosing images of items with long vowel sounds in their names. Laminate the paper dominoes to make them last longer. The first player places a domino on the table. The next player places a domino next to the original domino. The two pictures touching on the two dominoes must have the same long vowel sound. A picture of rope might touch a picture of a bone because they both have the long o sound. The players continue adding dominoes, placing them next to pictures with the same vowel sounds.