VCe Patterns
Syllable pattern VCe is a pattern that contains a vowel, a consonant, and the letter e. The vowel in the VCe pattern is often a long vowel sound, and the final e is silent.
Which word has a VCe pattern?
A. cyclone
B. apple
C. television
A. cyclone
What suffix tells us something happened in the past?
A. -ed
B. -ing
C. -er
D. -est
A. -ed
Vowel Teams-two or more letters that spell one vowel sound
Which word has a vowel team?
A. Spanish
B. Colorful
C. Beautiful
D. Dynamic
What is the subject in this sentence?
Bob likes to eat pancakes for breakfast.
Bob
What is Ms. M's favorite color?
Black
Which words from the list have VCe patterns? Choose all that apply.
Mother Bicycle Tree Pine Lava
Sister Cake China Outside Pan
Calendar Survive Bathroom Surprise
Pine, Cake, Outside, Survive, Surprise
Which suffixes tells us a comparison? Choose ALL that apply.
A. -est
B. -ic
C. -er
D. -ty
E. -ity
A. -est and C. -er
Vowel Digraph-vowel teams where the first vowel makes a long vowel sound, and the second vowel is silent.
Which word has a vowel digraph?
A. Teammate
B. Contribute
C. Habit
A. Teammate
What is the predicate in this sentence?
The cat ran away.
What is the name of one of Ms. Destiny's geckos?
Peanut Butter
Pasco
Choose one of the following VCe pattern words and write a sentence.
Advertise Episode Hillside
Ex.
Ms. M has to advertise for the dance team.
On today's episode, the host spoke about planets.
I like the view of the sun from the hillside of the park.
Add the correct suffix to complete the sentence.
The brown cat is (soft) than the white cat.
Softer
Identify the vowel team in the words below:
Playful
Rainbow
Teenager
Ay
Ai
Ee
What is the subject of this sentence?
Daniel and Tonya decided to go to the movies this afternoon.
Daniel and Tonya
Nugget and Princess
Identify the VCe pattern in the sentence below.
My sister refused to eat her breakfast this morning.
Refused
Read the following statement:
They made a mistake on my burger.
The prefix "mis-" in the word mistake means what?
A. cause to be
B. Past tense
C. incorrect
D. Ms. M, what the sigma?
C. incorrect
The principal wants to recruit students to help with the school carnival.
Recruit
Ui
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A. Hate homework.
B. The dog.
C. In the wintertime.
D. The weather is unpredictable.
D. The weather is unpredictable.
What are Ms. Torres and Ms. M's favorite baseball teams?
Hint: Their favorite teams don't like each other.
Yankees and Red Sox
Identify the VCe pattern in the sentence.
Ms. M has a broken microphone and can't fix it.
Microphone
Add the correct prefix to each word below.
Prefixes we learned are mis-, em-, en-
A. behave
B. title
C. power
A. misbehave
B. entitle
C. empower
Write a sentence using one of the vowel teams, or digraph, words below.
Increase Entertain Argue
Ex.
There was an increase in sales at the fair this year.
I like to entertain my guests with jokes.
Our class just loves to argue about nonsense.
Complete the sentence!
Ms. M
A. Hot chocolate.
B. likes to watch sports.
C. food is nice.
D. I don't know.
B. likes to watch sports.
Which teacher has a pet cat?
Ms. Destiny