This document is an excerpt from the textbook "Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners" by Janet Giannotti. It introduces students to short vowel sounds through lessons, words, and activities focused on the short i sound. Students practice pronouncing, identifying, writing, and using words containing the short i vowel sound. The excerpt provides guidance for teachers on pronouncing words and includes scripts for exercises where students listen and write words containing short i.
This document is an excerpt from the textbook "Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners" by Janet Giannotti. It introduces students to short vowel sounds through lessons, words, and activities focused on the short i sound. Students practice pronouncing, identifying, writing, and using words containing the short i vowel sound. The excerpt provides guidance for teachers on pronouncing words and includes scripts for exercises where students listen and write words containing short i.
This document is an excerpt from the textbook "Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners" by Janet Giannotti. It introduces students to short vowel sounds through lessons, words, and activities focused on the short i sound. Students practice pronouncing, identifying, writing, and using words containing the short i vowel sound. The excerpt provides guidance for teachers on pronouncing words and includes scripts for exercises where students listen and write words containing short i.
This document is an excerpt from the textbook "Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners" by Janet Giannotti. It introduces students to short vowel sounds through lessons, words, and activities focused on the short i sound. Students practice pronouncing, identifying, writing, and using words containing the short i vowel sound. The excerpt provides guidance for teachers on pronouncing words and includes scripts for exercises where students listen and write words containing short i.
Read this passage with your teacher. Notice the words and names in bold.
English “nursery rhymes,” or poems for children, often feature
a man named “Jack.” There is Jack who fell down a hill with his friend Jill. Then we have Jack who was quick and jumped over a candle stick. We also have Jack Sprat, who couldn’t eat fat. And finally, we have little Jack Horner, who pulled a plum out of a pie with his thumb. No one knows why we use the name Jack in these rhymes and not Tom or Bob!
Study the words and names from the reading, and complete the Pattern Discovery on page 2.
hill fell Jack jump Tom
Jill then Sprat plum Bob stick fat thumb
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Pattern Discovery How many vowels does each word contain? ____ These are the five short vowels in English. If a one-syllable word contains a short vowel, there is ____ vowel in the word. Circle the vowel in each word.
Look at this chart that shows where these vowel sounds are produced in the mouth.
e u
a o
Listen and Write
Listen as your teacher pronounces these short-vowel words. Fill in the missing letter. Study the description of each vowel. (Reminder for the teacher: Please read from the Teacher’s Script beginning on page 131.)
1. h__ll st__ck Short i is a high front vowel.
2. f__ll th__n Short e is a mid front vowel. 3. J__ck f__t Short a is a low front vowel. 4. j__mp pl__m Short u is a mid vowel. 5. T__m B__b Short o is a low back vowel.
Application Find nursery rhymes about people named Jack on the Internet. Notice the short-vowel words in the rhymes.
Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners Janet Giannotti http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=358297 Michigan ELT, 2009 Lesson 1: Short i
n Lesson 1: Short i
Words Pronounce these words with your teacher. bit kit chip rip chin skin kick stick fit lit dip skip fin spin lick tick grit slit hip trip grin twin pick trick hit wit lip zip pin win sick wick
Pronunciation Tip Short i is a high front vowel. Don’t drop your chin when you say short i. Pattern Review If a one-syllable word contains a short vowel, there is ____ vowel in the word. This means that short-vowel words have ____ vowel per syllable. Pattern Discovery 1 At the end of a short-vowel word, the sound [k] is spelled -____. Listening Discrimination 1 Circle the words you hear. (Reminder for the teacher: Please read from the Teacher’s Script beginning on page 131.) 1. grit grip 5. chin tin 2. kick kit 6. wit wick 3. slip slit 7. spin pin 4. slit slick 8. trick chick
Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners Janet Giannotti http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=358297 Michigan ELT, 2009 UNIT 1: SHORT VOWELS
Listen and Write 1
Listen and fill in the missing consonants. 1. bi_____ 5. chi_____ 9. _____it 2. gri_____ 6. spi_____ 10. _____ip 3. hi_____ 7. li_____ 11. _____in 4. tri_____ 8. sti_____ 12. _____ick
Sight Words Study the spelling of these words, and then copy each word three times.
Pattern Discovery 2 Names of days begin with capital / small (circle one) letters. Choose and Write Use the short i words in the box to complete the sentences.
chip dip fit grin kick win
1. You have to _____________ the ball.
2. A _____________ is a wide smile. 3. She ate some _____________ on a _____________. 4. Did they _____________ the game? 5. My old shoes don’t _____________.
Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners Janet Giannotti http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=358297 Michigan ELT, 2009 Lesson 1: Short i
Listen and Write 2
Write the short i words you hear. 1. _____________ 4. _____________ 7. _____________ 2. _____________ 5. _____________ 8. _____________ 3. _____________ 6. _____________ 9. _____________
Sight Word Practice
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
weekend Saturday Sunday
1. The day after Friday is ____________________.
2. ____________________ is before Monday. 3. The party will be on the ____________________. 4. Will the party be on ____________________ or ____________________?
Listening Discrimination 2 Circle the word you hear. 1. lip lick lit 4. zip chip ship 2. tin tip tick 5. slip rip lip 3. trick trip chip 6. sick sit sip
Listen and Write 3
Listen and fill in the short i words and sight words from this lesson. 1. She _____________ her _____________. 2. He was _____________ on ____________________. 3. We take a _____________ every ____________________. 4. Did you _____________ the paper? 5. Don’t _____________ the ball.
Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners Janet Giannotti http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=358297 Michigan ELT, 2009 UNIT 1: SHORT VOWELS
n Lesson 2: Short i
Words Pronounce these words and names with your teacher. brick brim trim big bid lid click dim Jim dig did mid Rick him Kim pig hid rid Nick rim Tim wig kid Sid
bricks brims whims figs grids lids
clicks rims wigs kids
Pronunciation Tip Combinations like br-, fl-, and gr- are called consonant blends. Don’t insert a vowel sound between the two consonants in a blend. Pattern Review 1 Short-vowel words have ____ vowel per syllable. Pattern Review 2 At the end of a short-vowel word, the sound [k] is spelled -____. Pattern Discovery Add -____ to change a noun from singular to plural. Listening Discrimination Circle the words you hear. 1. flit flick 5. clicks clips 2. slip slit 6. brick Rick 3. chip trip 7. hid hits 4. trick chick 8. licks lids
Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners Janet Giannotti http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=358297 Michigan ELT, 2009 Lesson 2: Short i
Listen and Write 1
Listen and fill in the missing consonants. 1. bri____ 4. ____id 7. pi____ 2. Ji____ 5. ____icks 8. li____ 3. bi____ 6. ____ims 9. whi____
Sight Words Study the spelling of these words, and use them to complete the sentences.
weekday Monday Tuesday tomorrow
1. ____________________ comes before ____________________.
2. Saturday is on the weekend, but ____________________ is a ____________________. 3. On ____________________, I said, “____________________ is Tuesday.”
Pattern Review 3 Names of days begin with capital / small letters (circle one). Choose and Write Use the words and names in the box to complete the sentences. Use each word one time. Various combinations work.
did Kim Rick tomorrow Tuesday
kids Monday Tim trim twins
1. _____________ is going to New York _____________.
2. _____________ and Jim are _____________. 3. The _____________ played last _____________. 4. What _____________ you do on _____________? 5. _____________ is going to _____________ her hair.
Spelling Counts: Sounds and Patterns for English Language Learners Janet Giannotti http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=358297 Michigan ELT, 2009 UNIT 1: SHORT VOWELS
Add an Ending Add -s to these nouns to change them to plural. Write the plural nouns on the lines. Pronounce the words after you write them. 1. kit _____________ 8. chin _____________ 15. brim _____________ 2. slit _____________ 9. grin _____________ 16. rim _____________ 3. chip _____________ 10. pin _____________ 17. pig _____________ 4. hip _____________ 11. twin _____________ 18. wig _____________ 5. lip _____________ 12. stick _____________ 19. bid _____________ 6. rip _____________ 13. trick _____________ 20. lid _____________ 7. trip _____________ 14. brick _____________ 21. kid _____________
Listen and fill in the short i words and sight words from this lesson. 1. _____________ bought the bricks last ____________________. 2. _____________ the right mouse button or _____________ the space bar. 3. _____________ the hat have a wide _____________? 4. ____________ put the _____________ on the pot to make it boil. 5. The road crews never _____________ on a ____________________. 6. _____________ will trim the bushes ____________________.
