Welcome to our ESL Phonics lesson focusing on short “i” rhyming words. Rhyming is a vital phonemic awareness skill that significantly enhances reading fluency and phonics comprehension. This lesson is designed to help ESL students recognize and produce rhyming words with the short “i” sound, such as “sit,” “kit,” and “pit.” Through engaging activities and practice exercises, students will develop their ability to identify and use rhyming words effectively.
ESL Phonics: Lesson Objectives
- Identify Rhyming Words: Students will learn to recognize words that rhyme with the short “i” sound.
- Produce Rhyming Words: Practice creating new rhyming words using the short “i” sound.
- Enhance Phonemic Awareness: Develop phonemic awareness skills by engaging with rhyming words.
Mastering the short vowel “i” sound is an essential step in learning English phonics for ESL students. Explore the resources ESL Phonics section at Stickyball.net to find worksheets, games, and more to support your phonics teaching journey.
The free ESL phonics lesson below introduces rhyming words with the short “i” sound, followed by a matching exercise in which students try to draw lines to match words that rhyme. This ESL phonics lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more lesson like this in our textbook Phonics Monster: Short Vowels.
