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Level 1 — Lesson 3

Another New Sound for Our Friends
Today's Sound: Short I  /ĭ/ as in issue
💪 Effort Makes You Stronger!
Abby and Otto are so proud of your effort! You already know short A and short E. Now let's add short I. You can do this!
Remember: "effort" = short E, "issue" = short I. Each new sound is a step forward!

⚓ Anchor Words

👧
Abby
/ă/ — short A
Lesson 1
💪
Effort
/ĕ/ — short E
Lesson 2
📣
Issue
/ĭ/ — short I
Today's Star
👦
Otto
/ŏ/ — short O
Coming Soon

Issue helps us remember the short I sound. Listen: /ĭ/...issue!

💡 Review: Lesson 1 = short A /ă/ (Abby) • Lesson 2 = short E /ĕ/ (Effort) • Today = short I /ĭ/ (Issue)!

🎓 Practice Words

Tap each word. Sound it out letter by letter, then blend!

🐷 pig /p/ /ĭ/ /g/
🪒 sit /s/ /ĭ/ /t/
🐟 fin /f/ /ĭ/ /n/

Tap a word above to see it broken apart:

p
i
g
▼
pig
Consonant Vowel (short I)

📚 Word Bank

All the short I words in this lesson:

big dig fig jig pig rig wig bit fit hit kit lit pit sit wit bid did hid kid lid rid bin din fin kin pin tin win dip hip lip rip sip tip zip dim him rim fix mix six bib rib

📖 Silly Story Time!

Abby and Otto are back! Pick short I words from the dropdowns to make a silly story.
Then read it out loud with effort!

The

Abby and Otto met a in a .

The pig did and a .

Otto did the and .

The pig did and on the .

Abby let him ! The pig did a !

The End!

⭐ Sight Words Used

These common words appear in the story. Practice reading them on sight!

a the and in on did him let met
Reading For All • Level 1, Lesson 3 • Short I CVC Words