What’s on the Long I poster
One large I, with the detail around it.
I says its name: I
- HOW IT HAPPENS
- kite — the e on the end makes the i say its name.
- READ THESE
- kite · pie · night
- bike · tie · light
- SHORT OR LONG?
- pig is short. kite is long. Same letter, two jobs.
If the vowel says its own name, it is long. That is the entire test.
Questions about the Long I poster
- What’s on the Long I poster?
- One large I, with the detail around it. I says its name: I. HOW IT HAPPENS; kite — the e on the end makes the i say its name.; READ THESE; kite · pie · night; bike · tie · light; SHORT OR LONG?; pig is short. kite is long. Same letter, two jobs.. If the vowel says its own name, it is long. That is the entire test.
- Who is the Long I poster for?
- Long I is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Long I poster?
- Read the pairs aloud: the short word, then the long one. The difference is the lesson. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Long I belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Long I?
- Long A, Long E and Long O sit alongside Long I in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Long ALong ELong O
- Is the Long I poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Long I downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Long I poster print at?
- Long I is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Long I loses nothing.Printing guide
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