Long Vowel i Say and Colour Worksheet
Children listen for the long i sound, which says its own letter name, and colour only the pictures that have it: spider, iron, tiger, lion, pilot and idea.
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Phonics Level 3 Long Vowels Activity Book for Kindergarten & 1st Grade
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How to use this worksheet
Read the sound box together and make a wide-open mouth that slides into a smile. Say each picture's name aloud; colour it if you hear long i, and leave the others (washing bowl, washing machine and bottle) white.
Materials needed
- Crayons or colouring pencils
Extension activities
- 1Draw two more things with the long i sound
- 2Make a long i picture card for the sound wall

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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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