Kindergarten · Reading · week 13

Short I: It, In, and the Ip Family

Blend printed letters to read the words it and in, and blend a beginning sound onto ip to build new words.

Short a built cat, sat, and mat. Now short i builds its own words. Blend i with t: it. Blend i with n: in. You already know both sounds.

Ip is a small ending you will see again and again. Add r to the front: rip. Add z to the front: zip. One new beginning sound, one new word, just like cat and sat.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Warm up with cat, sat, and mat first so your child sees this is the very same skill with a new vowel.
  • Point out that it and in are real, whole words all by themselves, just like at, an, and am were.
  • Show rip and zip side by side and point out the matching ip ending.
  • Keep offering the hint of covering part of the word if your child gets stuck on a beginning sound.
Talk about it:
  • What is the same about it and in?
  • What ending do rip and zip share?
  • How is building rip like building cat back in week eleven?

Mastery looks like: They blend it, in, rip, and zip correctly, connecting short i words to the same blending skill used for short a words.

Common stumbles: Reverting to the short a sound out of habit instead of the short i sound; forgetting the ending sound when reading a new ip word.

See it visually

Interactive, spoken-aloud tools that show this idea in motion.

Blending & SegmentingSlide sounds together to read a word — /s/ /u/ /n/ → “sun”.try →Letter SoundsTap any letter to hear its name, its sound, and a picture word.try →
Homework for this lessonType it, write it with a stylus, or print it for pencil & paper.open →
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