Float Along And Practice the Long /i/ Sound Vowel Teams

In this interactive activity, students will explore their knowledge of the main spelling combinations that produce the long a sound (ie and i_e). Some of the interactive activities included are:

• Sorting words into the different grapheme categories for this sound.
• Choose either ie or i_e as the spelling choice for particular words and move these graphemes into the spaces provided.
• Matching words that contain the long /i/ vowel sound with the correct images.
• Decoding a sentence with a word that contains the long /i/ sound and matching an image to each of the three sentences provided.
• Encoding words that contain the long /i/ sound.
• Find vowel teams in words in simple sentences and cover them with a planet.
• Plus more!

Learning About the Long /i/ Vowel Sound

In English, the long /i/ vowel sound is often represented by various vowel teams, which are combinations of letters that work together to produce a specific sound. This particularly interactive activity focuses on the following vowel teams:

• ie as in pie
• I_e as in life

Download and Explore Today!

This resource is available to download in Google Slides. This interactive activity needs to be used in ‘edit’ mode to ensure the interactive features work.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

More Long I Vowel Sound Activities

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