Name: Short Vowel Flash Cards and Picture Cards - Short i
SKU: 635c7ea36108fb048181e234
Price: 39.99 USD
Availability: InStock

About this resource

What's inside this resource

Are you looking for a short vowel activity with a focus on “short i”? These flash cards and picture cards are just what you need. Students name the item on the picture cards and blend sounds to read words on the flashcards. Flash Cards correspond with the Picture Cards. Match the words with the pictures.

Includes 24 “short i” picture cards and 24 “short i” flashcards. Print in color or black/white. There are 6 cards per page. All 48 cards are included when you print just 8 pages.

Contains these pictures and words: bib, rib, kid, lid, dig, pig, wig, bin, fin, pin, win, dip, lip, rip, zip, kit, pit, sit, mix, six, chin, knit, ship, and whip.

Great for building vocabulary!

Pictures support students learning to blend!

Perfect activity for younger readers!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify the short-i vowel sound in 24 CVC words using picture cues
Match each picture card to its correct printed word card
Blend and read short-i CVC words such as bib, kid, and whip

Teaching tips

Cut and laminate both the picture and word cards before use so they hold up to repeated handling
Use the color set for initial engagement or small-group games, and switch to the black-and-white set for low-ink printing or independent-practice copies
Pair picture cards with word cards as a matching center first, then use the word cards alone for blending drills once students are ready to read without picture support

Skills covered

Short-i phoneme recognition — students identify the short-i sound across 24 CVC words using picture cards.
Picture-to-word matching — students pair each of the 24 picture cards with its correct printed word card.
CVC blending practice — students read and blend 24 short-i words such as bib, kid, dig, and whip from the word cards.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Are the picture cards labeled with the word, or images only?

The picture cards are unlabeled images meant for phonemic practice; the matching word-card set (the same 24 items) carries the printed word for blending practice.