Colorful Illustrations support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the short /i/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic fictional narrative also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read with purpose and for meaning while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. Readers will follow a narrator as they decide which gift to buy for their friend Lily. This fiction phonics title is paired with the nonfiction phonics title The Big Dig: Practicing the Short I Sound.
The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: * Word List with carefully selected grade-appropriate words featuring the short /i/ sound found in the text * Teacher Talk that assists instructors in introducing the short /i/ sound * Group Activity that guides students to identify the short /i/ sound, decode the words that contain it, and use the words * Extended Activity that provides students with additional opportunities to think about, list, and use words containing the short /i/ sound * Writing Activity that guides students to write the letters that make the short /i/ sound
