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Level 1 — Lesson 2

A New Sound for Abby & Otto
Today's Sound: Short E  /ĕ/ as in effort
🏆 Great Effort Gets Great Results!
Abby and Otto know that trying your best is what matters most. Sound out each letter, blend them together, and don't give up!
Tip: The word "effort" starts with the short E sound — /ĕ/. That's today's sound!

Anchor Words

👧
Abby
/ă/ — short A
Your Guide
👦
Otto
/ŏ/ — short O
Your Guide

Abby and Otto are learning short E today. Listen: /ĕ/...effort!

💡 Review: Lesson 1 taught short A /ă/ as in apple. Today we add short E /ĕ/ as in effort!

🎓 Practice Words

Tap each word. Sound it out letter by letter, then blend!

🛌 bed /b/ /ĕ/ /d/
🐔 hen /h/ /ĕ/ /n/
🐶 pet /p/ /ĕ/ /t/

Tap a word above to see it broken apart:

b
e
d
bed
Consonant Vowel (short E)

📚 Word Bank

All the short E words in this lesson:

bed red fed led hen men pen ten den bet get jet let met net pet set wet vet leg peg beg gem

📖 Silly Story Time!

Abby and Otto are in this story! Pick words from the dropdowns to make it silly.
Then read it out loud!

The

Abby met a in a .

The hen had on the .

Otto the and let it in the .

men the hen could the !

Abby and Otto the hen on the !

The End!

Sight Words Used

These common words appear in the story. Practice reading them on sight!

a the on in it and could