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Unit 6, Part 1: Spelling the short vowel sounds

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Unit 6: Short vowels, Part 1: a, e and i

Unit StartPage 1: Spelling the short vowel sounds: e, ea, o or u?Page 2: Short vowel sound /a/Page 3: Homophones for /a/Page 4: Short vowel /e/: e or ea?Course Test: Spelling test for /e/: e or ea?Page 6: Spelling test for /e/: e or ea?Page 7: Homophones for /e/Page 8: Short vowel /i/: i or y?Course Test: Spelling test for /i/: i or y?Page 10: Spelling test for /i/: i or y?Page 11: Homophones for /i/Unit End

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Spelling the short vowel /ĭ/ : i or y

/ĭ/ as in insect. Spell insect

Teaching point Most of the time we just need the letter i.
However, there are some words which need y. Most of these are Greek in origin.
short vowel i

i as in insect

We use i to spell the short /ĭ/ sound in words like insect.

Some examples:

ink
indeed
bill
cinema
different
finger
gift
history
lizard
million
pickle
quickly
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Learn the Words: Short /i/ spelled i
short vowel y

y as in pyramid

Sometimes the short /ĭ/ sound is spelled with y.

Some examples:

hymn
myth
crystal
lyric
rhythm
system
analysis
mystery
oxygen
physical
syllable
typical
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