More Phonics Stories with High-Interest and Frequent Repetion of Difficult Sounds--'Short - I' - Six Kids, Six Moms

Another Silly Story and Lesson Plans for Teaching Difficult Letter Sounds

Phonics is the core of reading instruction. I am presenting a series of phonics lessons and stories with high-interest (for the older early reader who may feel demeaned by the childish stories used to teach phonics). Often, the short vowel sounds are more difficult to learn. Long vowels make the sound of the letter name, but short vowels make a different and unusual sounds.

Here is another phonics story for the 'short i' sound and spelling pattern. I make copies of the story for students to read and illustrate. We make lists of 'word families' (ilk, ing, iss, etc.) from the story and add any other words to that family. We post these lists on the wall to help with spelling patterns.
These word families become our list of 10-15 spelling words for the week.

Six Kids, Six Moms

Six kids are friends,
Will, Kim, Tim, Rick, Jim and Emma.
Six moms are friends,
Ginny, Minnie, Winnie, Jill, Pippa, and Mary.Six moms trim with scissors.
Six kids nibble Slim Jims.
Six moms fix fish sticks.
Six kids mix Chex and Trix .

Six moms did dishes.
Six kids make wishes
Six moms give little tickles.
Six kids bit chips and dill pickles.

Six moms drill.
Six kids fish at the mill.
Six kids see gills and a fin.
Six moms listen to din.

Six moms fill lists.
Six moms give pills.
Six moms add bills.
Six kids pick lilies.

Six kids did tricks.
Six kids win disks.
Six moms rinse bins.
Six kids sit and spin.Six moms work until they wilt..
Six kids think big.
Six moms feed the pigs.
Six kids dig.

Six kids play in dirt.
Six moms mend a shirt.
Six kids hit tin lids.
Six moms pick up kids

Six kids miss naps.
Six moms don't sleep a wink.
Six kids sip lemonade that is pink.
Six moms clean spilled ink.

Six kids throw fits.
Six moms snip bits.
Six kids want gifts.
Six moms sift fifty biscuits.

Six kids sing silly sings.
Six moms clean bathtub rings.
Six kids fling things.
Six moms need wings.

Six kids roll down hills.
Six moms kiss injuries.
Six kids spit in the wind.
Six moms pick lint.

Six moms sit still.
Six kids wiggle.
Six moms pinch kids lips.
Six kids giggle.