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PSPKK123 October 10, 2014  •  57 Comments

Short i phonics books

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Today I’m sharing my second set of printable books that teach reading with word families.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

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Even though I’ve shared a giant set of sight word readers, I also do a lot of phonics-related activities when teaching my children to read.  We center our phonics work around word families.  If you haven’t checked out my collection of hands-on word family activities, don’t miss them!

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

I’m creating a set of phonics readers to use alongside my sight word readers. Each set of books features a particular short vowel.  Time for short i!   In my first collection (short a books), I explained exactly why I designed these and how to use them.  Check out my short a phonics books if you’d like to know more.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

Each book’s cover has the name of the word family.  I always help my Four figure out the word family’s name before opening the book.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

Each book begins the same, with another chance to identify the word family.  The page on the right has a new word.  I use two different colors so your child can learn to read the word family as a single chunk.  This word would be /r/ /ip/  instead of /r/ /i/ /p/.   There’s no picture because I want kids to really focus on the letters.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

When you turn the page, the word appears again in a sentence.  I’ve included only a small group of sight words which are listed on the back cover.

These books can be used to supplement your curriculum, but they work especially well with Reading the Alphabet.  The short i readers are designed to be used after lesson 13.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

Your child always gets a chance to check his reading when he turns the page.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

I add words that begin with digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch) toward the end of each book.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

Beginning blends are tough!  After working at this one a little while (“/t/ /r/ /ip/”) my Four put the letters together himself!  We were both excited that he figured out this toughie on his own.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

Another tough one!

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

On the last page your child can read through all the words one more time.

These short i books are part of a GIANT set of free decodable books for kids!

I am thrilled with how well these are working to help my little guy crack the “sound it out” code.  For our first session with the short i books, he read four books and was done.  We’ll pull out the rest another time.  I hope you enjoy them – we are!

How to assemble:

  • Print pages 2-29 front to back (page 1 is my Terms of Use).  I like to use light cardstock to make the books durable.
  • Separate the stack into each individual book.  Each book consists of two pages front to back.
  • Cut across the horizontal center of the pages.
  • Insert the pages into each other, using the page numbers as a guide.
  • Staple with a long arm stapler.

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57 Comments

  1. M. Paredes

    October 22, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    I can’t thank you enough! I was just given a kinder class this year and have nothing! This is a blessing and I cannot thank you enough!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      October 23, 2014 at 5:41 pm

      You’re so welcome – I’m thrilled you can use them! Be sure to check out my free printables page and other tabs at the top. There are LOTS of resources here for kindergarten.

      Reply to this comment
  2. Penelope

    December 12, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    Thank you for these. I am printing them out right now to support our teaching at home.

    Reply to this comment
  3. Kate

    January 31, 2015 at 8:09 pm

    So excited to use these in a few weeks! I’m printing them tonight, along with the “summer” and “patriotic” sight word readers. We’re going through the a-family word books right now. I am so impressed with my 4-year-old’s progress. The best part is, that so far, reading is fun for him. My hope is that learning to read is never an unpleasant experience for him.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      February 6, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      Knowing you as I do, I’m sure he’ll always love it!

      Reply to this comment
  4. Puteri

    February 8, 2015 at 1:47 am

    Thank you for sharing all these.
    I cant wait to use these for my son and children in class.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      February 19, 2015 at 10:39 am

      You’re very welcome, Puteri! I hope you get a lot of use out of them.

      Reply to this comment
  5. karly

    February 22, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    help. what am I doing wrong? when I print your phonic readers, I end up with four pages on a letter size sheet… so then the booklet doesn’t match up! I can see from your sample pics that you only have two pages per letter size sheet.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      February 22, 2015 at 2:57 pm

      Hi Karly,

      You DO have four pages on a letter sized sheet. When you print front to back, you cut across the horizontal centers and insert the pages into each other before stapling. Hopefully the tutorial on this page will clear things up for you: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books/

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      • karly

        February 22, 2015 at 11:46 pm

        Thanks! I figured out it was a setting on my printer! Sorry to have bothered you. It was giving me two whole pages on one page… so I ended up with 8 pages on one sheet! But it’s all fixed now, printed, cut and laminated! Thank you so much for sharing this material… I’m looking forward to using it in my K class. 🙂

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  6. Aastha dave

    November 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm

    Hi I want to print all yourphonics family books. They are fantastic.How I download and print them

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      November 4, 2015 at 5:39 pm

      Click on the word HERE to download. Then follow the assembly instructions in the post. If you’re having trouble downloading, check out this post:

      https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/

      Reply to this comment
  7. hajar

    January 18, 2016 at 1:11 am

    thank you for sharing!!
    I’m so excitedddd

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 18, 2016 at 5:28 pm

      You’re very welcome, Hajar!

      Reply to this comment
  8. Dohnia

    January 23, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    Great resource!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 26, 2016 at 7:46 pm

      So glad you can use them!

      Reply to this comment
  9. Mehwish

    February 4, 2016 at 1:31 am

    Thank you so much for the wonderful stuff. May God bless you.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      February 4, 2016 at 8:41 am

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply to this comment
  10. Yulandi

    February 10, 2016 at 4:36 am

    Good Day,

    I am trying to download (Short i Phonics Reader Set 2) but it keeps on telling me download failed or no file. Please can you help me to get the file.

    And also thank you so much for these they are so helpful.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      February 10, 2016 at 5:24 am

      Try these tips! https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/

      Reply to this comment
      • June

        March 26, 2016 at 11:36 pm

        I’m having problems download also. It starts then stalls out and freezes both on my laptop and my desktop. I tried the download link you provided above with the same results. I also tried on both Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.

        Reply to this comment
        • Anna Geiger

          March 28, 2016 at 5:29 pm

          Did you try the trick where you right click and choose “save link as”?

          Reply to this comment
  11. Becc

    June 15, 2016 at 5:47 am

    Thankyou so much for all your handy resources!! I am a graduating teacher this year from Australia and use your tools a lot! Very easy and simple for a teacher who is starting out!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 18, 2016 at 10:10 am

      I’m so glad these have been useful for you, Becc!

      Reply to this comment
  12. Lien

    July 13, 2016 at 4:30 am

    Hi Anna!
    I’m looking for phonics story books.
    If you have audio file, please share me!
    Thank you so much for your sharing.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      July 17, 2016 at 4:48 pm

      Sorry, I don’t have audio files!

      Reply to this comment
  13. Dima

    August 22, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    These books are amazing! you really deserve to be paid for the hard work you’ve done <3 <3

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      August 24, 2016 at 9:08 pm

      Thank you for your kind words, Dima!

      Reply to this comment
  14. carolina

    September 6, 2016 at 6:57 pm

    Beautiful work !! A million thanks for all of these ..

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      September 17, 2016 at 6:25 am

      You’re very welcome, Carolina!

      Reply to this comment
  15. imelda banan

    May 8, 2017 at 3:35 am

    Thank you for these amazing free reading materials . These helped me a lot cause we lack resources for books. These help a lot specially my slow readers. Thanks a million!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      May 13, 2017 at 4:49 pm

      You’re very welcome, Imelda!

      Reply to this comment
  16. jessie

    January 15, 2018 at 7:24 am

    this is the same as set 21

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      January 27, 2018 at 7:52 pm

      I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you mean. This is set 21: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books-set-21/

      Reply to this comment
  17. AD

    January 17, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Hi , thank you for the worksheets /ideas and all the supplies. it has been a great help to teach my kid and keep her occupied.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      January 23, 2019 at 7:09 am

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply to this comment
  18. chu

    January 23, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    Thank you for these GREAT free reading materials . These helped me a lot teach my kids . Thanks very much!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      January 27, 2019 at 7:48 am

      You’re welcome, Chu!

      Reply to this comment
  19. Virgin Juliana

    February 4, 2019 at 5:36 am

    Dear Anna,

    Thank you very much for all printables, especially the free phonic sets. I have download my first 2 sets. I wish I can do more ?
    I’m a kinder teacher from Jakarta, Ina. Your blog surely a BIG help. Thanks!

    Sincerely,
    VJB

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      February 10, 2019 at 4:00 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply to this comment
  20. Sam

    May 9, 2019 at 6:50 am

    Hi Anna,

    Thank you for the lovely phonics sets. My kids love these.
    Good wishes!

    Sam

    Reply to this comment
  21. Shilpi

    August 10, 2019 at 12:48 pm

    Amazing ….the amount of hard work and sincerity you have put in is beyond words…..keep up the good work.i have few of your files and phonic readers series is truly a blessing.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      August 31, 2019 at 4:23 pm

      Thank you for your kind words, Shilpi!

      Reply to this comment
  22. Kari

    August 31, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    Hello!
    I am trying to access the free word family books but, when I click on the green “click here” box, it does nothing. Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      September 1, 2019 at 9:43 pm

      Hi Kari!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. I’m sorry you’re having trouble! When I click on the green “click here” box, I get a box that asks for my email address. After entering that, the file is immediately sent to my inbox. I’m using Firefox, and Anna prefers Chrome. You might want to switch browsers if you’re having trouble viewing everything on this site. Please give it another try!

      Reply to this comment
  23. swj

    November 13, 2019 at 9:45 am

    I didn’t receive any E-mails.
    I can’t down these books-Free Word Family Readers.

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      November 16, 2019 at 3:43 pm

      Hi swj!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. I’m sorry you’re having trouble! Sometimes I have trouble with my gmail address, so I enter my yahoo address and it works. I don’t know why the links sometimes work well, and not other times. Please enter another address or retry the same one, and give it another try. Thanks!

      Reply to this comment
  24. kim

    April 27, 2020 at 8:06 pm

    Hi! Just wanted to say I absolutely adore your site. It’s been on my bookmarks for a while now and has been my go-to for great reading resources. I just printed the readers for the short I word families and realized there seems to be a page missing from -id. Instead there is an extra -ick page among it.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      April 27, 2020 at 8:39 pm

      Thank you for your comment, Kim, and for the edit! It takes me a long time (usually quite a few months) to get to edits on freebies, but I will file this away on my long term to-do list. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
      • kim

        April 27, 2020 at 9:11 pm

        Just checked not -id, but -it. No worries! Thank you for all that you do! (:

        Reply to this comment
        • Kate Dowling

          April 27, 2020 at 11:33 pm

          Thanks, Kim! (This is Kate, Anna’s assistant.) All the best! 🙂

          Reply to this comment
  25. dana

    August 24, 2020 at 5:57 am

    thank you sooooooooooo much!!!!

    Reply to this comment
  26. Maria Heath

    September 12, 2020 at 8:05 am

    Hi there, I am unable to print the books? Maria

    Reply to this comment

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