Silent Letters Detective Worksheet
Silent letter detective worksheet: students search outside texts for words with mb, wr, bt, sw, kn and mn, aiming for longer words and different positions, and look up unfamiliar meanings.

- Grades
- Grades 2–4, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Vocabulary
- Topic
- Consonants, Digraphs
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
This Silent Letters Detective Worksheet is a great way for students to learn about words with silent letters. It is a fun and interactive way for students to search for examples of words with silent letters in various texts. This worksheet is a great resource for teachers who want to help their students learn about silent letters.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Find words that contain the silent-letter combinations mb, wr, bt, sw, kn and mn
- Notice where a silent-letter combination falls within a word
Teaching tips
- Every answer comes from outside reading, so students need books or other texts and a dictionary on hand.
Skills covered
- Dictionary use — looking up the meanings of unfamiliar words found during the search
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Core concepts
- Silent letters
- Letter combinations
- Syllables
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