What’s on the Short I poster
One large i, with the detail around it.
i /ĭ/ as in pig
- WHEN IT IS SHORT
- One vowel, with consonants either side. No e on the end.
- READ THESE
- pig · sit · lip
- win · bin · kid
- SAY IT
- Short sounds are quick and clipped. The mouth barely moves.
Short i is the sound you meet first, and the one in most three-letter words.
Questions about the Short I poster
- What’s on the Short I poster?
- One large i, with the detail around it. i /ĭ/ as in pig. WHEN IT IS SHORT; One vowel, with consonants either side. No e on the end.; READ THESE; pig · sit · lip; win · bin · kid; SAY IT; Short sounds are quick and clipped. The mouth barely moves.. Short i is the sound you meet first, and the one in most three-letter words.
- Who is the Short I poster for?
- Short I is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Short I poster?
- When a word will not come, ask: is that a short i or a long i? A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Short I belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Short I?
- Short A, Short E and Short O sit alongside Short I in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Short AShort EShort O
- Is the Short I poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Short I downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Short I poster print at?
- Short I is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Short I loses nothing.Printing guide
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