Description
These Short i and Long i worksheets give your students focused practice with both vowel sounds using simple, easy-to-follow activities. Each page uses CVC and CVCe words to help early readers recognize vowel patterns and build confidence with short and long i sounds.
What’s Included in These Short i and Long i Worksheets
You will receive in this printable packet:
- Short i word practice (CVC words)
- Long i word practice (CVCe words)
- Mixed review worksheets
- Cut-and-paste sorting activities
- Read and match phonics pages
- Simple writing and tracing exercises
- Color-by-code phonics review
- 2 printable picture posters
Short i and Long i Word Practice
These worksheets include familiar early reading words such as:
- Short i words: sit, pig, lid, pin, zip
- Long i words: bike, kite, pine, line, time

You will find the following activities in this worksheet set:
- Practice Short I and Long I – Cut and paste the correct word under the picture
- Sorting: Short I and Long I – Cut and paste the word in the correct column
- Match the Picture – Match each Long I word with the correct picture
- Which Word? – Choose the correct word under each picture
- Find the Long I Word – Word search with clues going horizontally and vertically
- Finish the Sentence – Use the word bank to complete each sentence
- Color By Code – Uses Short I and Long I CVCe words

- Read, Trace, and Write – Read the word, trace the word, and then write the word.
- Sentence Match – Choose the sentence that best matches the picture.
- Maze It! – Trace the Long I CVCe words through the maze. Then complete the words by writing the missing letters.
- Short I Picture Poster – 8.5×11″ size poster with Short I pictures
- Long I CVCe Picture Poster – 8.5×11″ poster with Long I CVCe pictures
- Also includes several ideas for using the picture posters
Includes 10 worksheets total and 2 picture posters.

How to Use These Short i and Long i Worksheets
These worksheets work well for your daily phonics lessons, as new teaching or as a review page. They are a great fit for spiral review, morning time, or a lighter school day.
Want All Vowel Practice in One Place?
If you’d like to have all of your phonics practice ready to go, take a look at the Phonics Worksheets Bundle for Kindergarten and 1st Grade.
It includes multiple vowel skills so you don’t have to piece lessons together.
Looking for a variety of phonics activities? Make sure you look at the Phonics Worksheets for 1st Grade hub and you will find a multitude of activities including blends, vowel teams, digraphs, and much more.
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