Long i as i-e; sentences
Grade K · Day 149 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 99 · p.106–107 · 25.4 min · continued · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
Ice
dice
hide
lice
ride
side
bide
mice
nice
tide
rice
wide
vice
bride
price
glide
slice
slide
spice
stride
twice
life
bribe
wife
tribe
strife
knife
file
mile
Nile
pile
tile
smile
while
dime
lime
mime
time
chime
crime
◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.
Read the sentences
- I can ride my bike to the pike.
- I will fly my kite at the beach.
- We ate a slice of pie.
- I will strive to do my best.
- We will strive to run a mile each day.
- Danny will fIX the tire on his bike.
- Jenny has a pretty smile.
- "Let's play hide and seek," said Jake.
Write what you hear
Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.