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Short i CVC words
Printable list of short i CVC words · 1 page
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Short i is the sound in pig and itch. It's often the second vowel children learn, right after short a, because the two are easy to tell apart: cat and kit feel very different in the mouth.
This list gives the short i CVC words from our bank in five families, -it, -in, -ip, -ig and -id, plus bib, rib, dim, him and rim. The -ip family is the largest, so it's a good place to practice changing just the first sound: dip, hip, lip, rip, sip, tip, zip.
When your child can read these smoothly, put short a and short i together in a sort. Seeing hat and hit side by side is what makes a child actually look at the vowel.
Tips for using it
- Point out that a dot sits on the little i, so it's easy to spot in a word.
- Practice pairs that differ only in the vowel: bag/big, pan/pin, sat/sit.
Variations
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What is the short i sound?
It's the vowel sound in it, sit and fish. Long i says its name, as in bike or light.
Should short i come before short e?
In many programs, yes. Short a and short i are easy to contrast, while short e is easier to confuse with short i, so it often comes last.