Long and Short I Sort

Dig into the long and short i sounds in this inspiring worksheet! Students will look at ten pictures of different objects like a bike, a zipper, and a kite. They will need to circle all of the pictures of things that have a long i sound and cross out all of the pictures of things that have a short i sound.

This worksheet was designed for first- and second-grade students working on important phonics topics. The ability to distinguish between long and short vowel sounds can strengthen students spelling skills and support them as they learn more about different vowel teams and letter combinations.

Check out more worksheets in this series like Long and Short E Sort and Long and Short O Sort. For more practice with long and short i, try Dot It: Short i Word Families and Roll a Word: Vowel Digraphs: Long I.