5th Grade Silent Letters: sc Worksheets
10 printable 5th Grade phonics worksheets on Silent Letters: sc. Every sheet has an answer key — 10 in all. 2 activity types: Sort And Write, Word Hunt. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: Silent C in SC — The S Takes Over; Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 30 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 5. Every grade is on one page: Silent Letter Worksheets.
What is in this set: Sort And Write (5) and Word Hunt (5).
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 5, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. Preview a reading week to see how its lessons run. See every program →
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Includes 2 activity types: Sort And Write, Word Hunt.
All 10 worksheets in this set
- Sort And Write 1: Silent C in SC — The S Takes Over Free PDF
- Word Hunt 1: Silent C in SC — The S Takes Over Free PDF
- Sort And Write 2: Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over Free PDF
- Sort And Write 3: Silent C in SC — The S Takes Over
- Word Hunt 2: Silent C in SC — The S Takes Over
- Word Hunt 3: Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over
- Sort And Write 4: Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over
- Word Hunt 4: Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over
- Sort And Write 5: Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over
- Word Hunt 5: Silent C in SC - The S Takes Over
Teaching Silent Letters: sc
What it is
When sc comes before e, i, or y, the c goes quiet and only the s is heard: scene, scent, science, ascend, obscene. Before any other letter both sounds stay, as in scare, screen, escape, and discuss.
When a child is ready
Teach it after soft c, since it is the same three letters, e, i, and y, that make the c go soft.
If they struggle
Have the child look at the letter after sc before reading anything: e, i, or y means say /s/ alone. Reading pairs side by side makes it visible, scene and scare, science and scout, ascend and escape, and works faster than repeating the rule. Muscle holds a silent c for a different reason and is learned on its own.
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