The Dragonfly Net (Silent e)

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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "The Dragonfly Net" by Sri Widyowati Kinasih and Nabila Adani. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free Nature Decodable Reader with Silent e | The Dragonfly Net

Practice Words

Single-syllable words where a silent 'e' makes the preceding vowel long (/eɪ/, /iː/, /aɪ/, /əʊ/, /juː/).

have make frame
Page 1
A smiling teacher with round glasses holds an orange book while teaching near a blackboard with chalk drawings and hanging plants.

We have a test.

Page 2
Four students in white shirts and red skirts chat excitedly in a classroom with wooden desks and yellow walls.

We must get a bug. Kim and I want to get a dragonfly.

Page 3
Two girls in white shirts and red skirts spot a dragonfly resting on a branch surrounded by orange and green plants.

There it is.

Page 4
Two girls reach up trying to catch a dragonfly flying above them in a field of tall grass under an orange sun.

Get it!

Page 5
A dragonfly rests on colorful plants among tall grasses with several other dragonflies flying in the background.

It is fast.

Page 6
Two girls in school uniforms stand in a grassy field, one holding a badminton racket while the other looks worried with hands clasped.

We must get a net. Is this a net? No.

Page 7
Two children look up at a dragonfly and spider web surrounded by lush tropical leaves and foliage from above.

Kim saw a web.

Page 8
Two girls in school uniforms sit on the ground working with green leaves and stems to make something.

We make a frame.

Page 9
One girl climbs a tree to collect a spider web while another watches from below in a colorful grassy field.

And get the web.

Page 10
Two joyful girls chase dragonflies through a grassy field with homemade nets under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.

We did it!

Page 11
Two girls examine a dragonfly caught in their handmade net of leaves and spider web against a yellow background.

Is this the end of the test?

Page 12
Two girls in school uniforms wave goodbye to a large dragonfly flying away among colorful tropical plants.

We let it go.

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