Use these fun and FREE printable CVC puzzles to teach students about the short I sound. A great addition to literacy centers, word work, guided reading, independent work, or at-home practice.  Keep reading for more great ideas and a FREE download!

These puzzles are helping the students reinforce our CVC words we’ve been learning. They’re perfect for early finishers, centers or small groups.  There are twelve puzzles and include the following word families

-ib, -id, -ig, -in, -ip, -it

This activity goes well with:

To Play

Print the puzzle piece on card stock. Cut and laminate them so they can be used over and over again. Have the student mix all the puzzle pieces together and choose one. They will look for the correct match.

The student chose the picture of the pig. Next, they’ll look through all of the puzzle pieces to find the word pig to create the match.

Have them choose another picture of the word and find the correct match again until all of the puzzles have been put together. If the students haven’t learned all of the word families yet, only give them the puzzles they have learned so far and continue to add more and they grow.

You can download the free printable CVC short i puzzles below. Don’t forget to download the short a puzzles and short e puzzles too if you missed them.