Reading For All - Level 1, Lesson 7: Mixed Short I & E

⚓ Anchor Words

👧

Abby

/ă/ — short A

Lesson 1

💪

Effort

/ĕ/ — short E

In Focus

📣

Issue

/ĭ/ — short I

In Focus

👦

Otto

/ŏ/ — short O

Lesson 4

💃

Usher

/ŭ/ — short U

Lesson 5

Today Effort and Issue team up! Can you hear the difference between /ĕ/ and /ĭ/?

👂 Listen & Compare

These word pairs sound almost the same — only the vowel changes! Tap to hear.

pin 🔈 /p/ /ĭ/ /n/

vs

pen 🔈 /p/ /ĕ/ /n/

sit 🔈 /s/ /ĭ/ /t/

vs

set 🔈 /s/ /ĕ/ /t/

bit 🔈 /b/ /ĭ/ /t/

vs

bet 🔈 /b/ /ĕ/ /t/

Consonant Short I vowel Short E vowel

🎓 Practice Words

Tap each word. Is the vowel short I or short E? Look at the color!

🐷 pig /p/ /ĭ/ /g/ Short I

🐶 pet /p/ /ĕ/ /t/ Short E

🐟 fin /f/ /ĭ/ /n/ Short I

🐔 hen /h/ /ĕ/ /n/ Short E

🧷 wig /w/ /ĭ/ /g/ Short I

💎 gem /j/ /ĕ/ /m/ Short E

Tap a word above to see it broken apart:

p

i

g

▼

pig

Consonant Short I vowel Short E vowel

📚 Word Bank

All the short I and short E words in this lesson — color-coded!

big dig fig jig pig rig wig bit fit hit kit sit hid kid lid rid bin fin pin tin win dip hip rip sip tip zip dim him fix mix six bed red fed led hen men pen ten den bet get jet let met net pet set wet vet gem leg beg

📖 Silly Story Time!

Short I words are in purple and short E words are in green.
Mix them up and read it out loud!

The and the

Abby met a and a in a .

The did and a in a .

Otto the and it .

The the it could the on the .

Usher said, " and !"

Abby, Otto, and Usher the and the on the !

The End!

⭐ Sight Words Used

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