Curated OER
Bright Mice
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
Reading Resource
Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
Curated OER
Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Vowels oo
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. Some contain long or short vowel "oo" sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
K5 Learning
Liza's First Spelling Bee
Learners read about Liza's first spelling bee before answering six reading comprehension questions. Skills include identifying similarities, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and answer questions based on explicit information in...
Arcademics
Coconut Vowels
Scholars show what they know about vowel digraphs with a quick coconut-themed learning game. Players fill in the blanks of falling coconuts to make words with a double vowel spelling pattern.
Curated OER
What's the Weather Where You Are?
Students create a weather map while traveling across the country on the train. They study the names of the states, letter recognition and the vocabulary of weather terms.
Curated OER
Making Words
Third graders spell words and define homophone. In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Y, Ie, Ind, Ild Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of long /i/. Words with the letters "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: y, ie, ind, ild" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Y, Ie, Ind, Ild Lesson
In this beginning reading video module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" to form words with the long /i/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various...
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Make, Take, & Teach: Long I Vowel Sound Word List [Pdf]
Use this list to master the letter combinations which create the long i sound in English words.