These short ‘e’ words follow the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. Use words that include consonant sounds students have been taught. ed: bed, fed, led, red, wed eg: beg, leg, peg et: bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet en: den, hen, men, pen, ten

Children who are just beginning to read and decode words are most likely to encounter the Short E in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. Some examples of Short E CVC words include wet, leg, bed, and men. As a child’s decoding skills increase and they encounter longer words, the Short E will appear with letter blends.