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Kindergarten Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: Short I

252 printable Kindergarten phonics worksheets on Short I. 7 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read. The first three are free to download; All Access opens all 252.

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Includes 7 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read, Sentence Scramble, Word Ladder, Word Search.

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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short I Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 1)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short I Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 2)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short I Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 3)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short I Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 4)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short I Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 5)
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Kindergarten phonics worksheet — The Short I Sound — Crack The Code (Practice 6)
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Teaching Short I

What it is

Short i is the /i/ sound heard in sit, pig, and fish.

When a child is ready

Introduce it after short a, once the child blends three-sound words steadily.

If they struggle

If short i and short e blur together, practice minimal pairs (pin/pen, bit/bet, tin/ten) and have the child say the word while pointing to the vowel. Keep sessions short and daily rather than long and occasional.

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