[upbeat music] [whimsical xylophone music] - Hi, friends!

My name is Isabel, and welcome to My Learning Corner.

Today we're going to be learning about the short sound that the letter I makes.

Do you know the short sound that the letter I makes?

- [Kids] Yeah!

- You do?

That's right, it says "ih".

Can you repeat that with me?

Ih.

Excellent!

Today we're going to be building words, reading words, and writing words, all with the short sound that the letter I makes, which is, "ih", you got it.

Are you ready to get started?

Let's go!

- [Kids] Yay!

- Our first activity of the day is a Phonemic Awareness activity.

Phonemic Awareness activities are listening activities, so before we even get started, we should warm up our ears, right?

Let's go!

[whimsical xylophone ascending] Perfect!

Today, I will say some sounds.

Then you will repeat those sounds and together we are going to say a word.

Let's try one.

SS, IH, P. Your turn.

Sip!

[inhales] Ahh, delicious!

Let's try another one.

ZZ, IH, P. Your turn.

Zip!

Zip up your coat!

Next one.

CUH, LL, IH, P. Clip!

Clip!

One more, are you ready?

SS, WUH, IH, MM.

Your turn.

SS, WUH, IH, MM.

Swim, swim!

[water flowing] Are you ready to build some words with me?

- [Kids] Yeah!

- Great, let's look at this word that I already have on my board.

BUH, IH, T. BIH, T. what's the word?

Bit, good job!

I wanna change bit to sit.

One of my favorite things to do.

What letter should I change?

Hmm, bit?

Sit.

I have to change the letter B. SS.

Oh, does this say sit?

Let's try it together.

SS, IH, T. SIH, T?

Sit, it does!

I love to sit, but I also love getting fit.

Hmm, how can I change sit to fit?

What needs to change?

Sit?

Fit.

Oh, you're right.

I should change the letter S, which says SS to?

FF, fit.

Is this right?

FF, IH, T. FIH, T?

Fit, that's right!

And when I'm getting fit, I might flit all over the place.

I go everywhere quickly.

Let's see, let's see, how do I change fit to flit?

Let's see.

Ooh, I have to add a sound.

Let's see, where's it going to go?

Flit.

FF, LL.

Ooh, right here.

What is the missing letter?

I don't know, let's check it out.

Let's see, is this the missing letter?

Let's try it!

FF, LL.

FLL, IH, T. Flit, flit!

Very good!

I think we are ready to read some words now.

Now that we've built words together, we are going to read words using those same skills.

Let's get started.

Are you ready?

- [Kids] Yeah!

Sweet!

Tin, pin, pit, lit, lid.

Good job!

Let's look at that second row.

The second row has words that all begin with blends.

When we are sounding them out, we're going to take those first two letters and say them very close together.

Let me show you what I mean.

GUH, RR, put them close together, GRUH.

GRUH, grit, good!

Grit is like a little bit of dust, dirt or sand.

Grim.

Grim is when you feel really sad.

Brim, good job!

Brim is when you fill something up to the brim, as I'm sure you do when you're drinking water, you fill that up to the brim, right?

Slip, good job.

Snip.

Snip.

Now, blends also come at the ends of words.

LL, INT, what's that word?

Lint.

Glint, it's like a sparkle in someone's eye.

CRI, ISP.

Crisp.

That's like crunchy.

CRISP, EE, crispy!

Good job!

Let's read these words together.

You'll read and I'll whisper read.

Tin, pin, pit, lit, lid.

Grit, grim, brim, slip, snip.

Lint, glint, crisp, crispy.

Excellent reading!

Now, the last thing that we're going to do is we are going to read a sentence about my favorite snack food.

I wonder if you can guess what it is.

The chip was very crispy.

And really, is there any other way to eat a chip other than crispy?

Absolutely not, you guys did a great job!

Now we're going to start our last activity of the day.

That is our Dictation activity, which means you need a paper or something to write on and a pen or pencil or something to write with.

I'll be right here waiting for you.

[upbeat music] Are you ready?

- [Kids] Yeah!

- I am.

So, in our Dictation activity, I will say a word and you will repeat the word, and then we're going to tap or sound the word out.

You guys ready?

The first word is pick.

You say it.

Let's tap out all the sounds we hear in that word.

PUH, IH, CK Okay, you write it and I'll write it.

PUH, IH, CK.

Is that what you wrote?

Great job!

Let's try another word.

The word is swim.

Ah, SS, WUH, IH, M. Swim.

Go ahead and write it.

SS, WUH, IH, M. Did you write this?

You did?

Great job!

You guys have done such a good job today.

Reading words, building words, writing words, all with the short I sound that says, "ih", you got it.

Now, today or sometime during the week, I'd love you to play this game with your friends.

It is the "ih" game.

In the "ih" game, you think of words that are action words that you like to do that use the short I sound, "ih".

For instance, I love to swim.

What do you love to do?

And do you hear the short I sound that says "ih" in it?

Until next time, friends!