Free Printable Worksheet
Free Short I Missing Vowel Worksheet
Practice the /ĭ/ vowel sound with this print-ready worksheet. Each picture shows a CVC word — students write the missing i to complete it. Designed for kindergarten and first grade. No login needed.
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Short I Missing Vowel Practice
Short Vowels — /ĭ/ Sound
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Date:
Look at each picture. Write the missing vowel to complete the word.
fn
st
ld
kt
pn
pg
About the Short I Sound
The short I represents the /ĭ/ phoneme. Students discriminate the relaxed medial short I sound from other vowels.
This worksheet focuses on medial vowel identification: students see a picture, hear the word in their head, isolate the middle sound, and write the letter. It builds phonemic awareness alongside phonics skills — a key practice recommended by systematic phonics approaches.
Answer Key
Short I Missing Vowel Practice
- finvowel: i
- sitvowel: i
- lidvowel: i
- kitvowel: i
- pinvowel: i
- pigvowel: i
Answers are auto-generated from canonical word data.