Give your students a fun challenge with this word-creation activity. Using an assortment of letters, pupils can generate words with the long "I" sound, with enough space to jot down nine of their unique words.

The long I sound is when the letter "i" sounds like its name, "eye." Imagine saying the word "ice" or "kite." When you hear the "i" sound in those words, it's like saying the letter "I" all by itself. Other examples are words like "light," "time," and "pie." It's a bit like magic because when the "i" sounds long, it often has another letter nearby, like an "e" at the end, that helps make it say its name. So whenever you read and find the letter "i" making its long sound, think of words you know that have the same "eye" sound!