Vowel Sounds - pig bike bird - 1

• English
• 6th Grade

a  e  i  o  u 

The English letters that 

are always vowels are 

a e i o and u . 

y          w 

Sometimes y and w are vowels. 

Sometimes y and w are consonants. 

       vowel                           consonant

my  baby  boy  day        yes  you  beyond

now  know  new            we  will  white

a  e  i  o  u 

Let's not worry about that now. 

For now,  y and w are consonants. 

We will use only 

a e i o and u as vowels. 

All of the vowels make more 

than 1 sound.      sit   sir   side

Sometimes different vowels make 

the same vowel sound.      pipe   type 

We use the letter i to make 

more than 1 vowel sound. 

fit   first  fine  faint  foil

All of the vowels make more 

than 1 sound.      sit   sir   side

Sometimes different vowels make 

the same vowel sound.      pipe   type 

bite     my     lie       high

Vowel sounds can be 

spelled in more than 1 way.

🐷      🦜R      🚲      🚲R

So we'll use pictures when we talk about sounds.

For each vowel sound, there is only one picture.

For each picture, there is only one vowel sound.

it   zip   quick

PIG vowel sound. 

The only vowel is i, and it is followed by a consonant.

i_

 🐷 The only vowel is i, and it is followed by a consonant.

it   big   dish   fix   kids

lips   milk   mix   quick   quiz

 rich  six  this  with  zip

 

it   big   dish   

fix   kids   lips   

milk   mix   quick

quiz   rich   six   

this   with   yip   zip

i_

girl   shirt    first

Sorry, the words below have a different vowel sound.

The only vowel is i.

But ir is a different sound.

girl   shirt   first

 

BIRD vowel sound

The letter R changes the sound of the vowel.

ir

did     dirt

fix    first

sick    sir

thin    third

 🐷 The only vowel is i, and it is followed by a consonant.

it   big   dish   fix   kids

lips   milk   mix   quick   quiz

 rich  six  this  with  zip

 

bird   birth   dirt   

first   girl   sir

shirt   skirt   third

ir

it zip quick

1. 🌳
2. 🚲
3. 🐷
4. 🛏

girl first birth

1. 🚲R
2. 🐷
3. 🚲
4. 🦜R

pin shrimp fix

1. 🌳
2. 🚲
3. 🦜R
4. 🐷

ice  mine  lines

BIKE vowel sound. 

There is 1 consonant between i and e.

i_e

Silent e changes the vowel sound.

bit     bite

fill     file

hid     hides

lift     life

    

Silent e changes the vowel sound.

miss     mice

pills     piles

quit     quite

rip     ripe

    

Silent e changes the vowel sound.

spin     spine

strict     strikes

twin     twine

will     while

    

 🐷 The only vowel is i, and it is followed by a consonant.

it   big   dish   fix   kids

lips   milk   mix   quick   quiz

 rich  six  this  with  zip

 

bike   drive   fine 

 five   like   life 

 line   mile   nice

 side   shine   time

 while   white   write

i_e

 R changes the vowel sound.

five      fire

hide    hire

white   wires

 

?

hire  tires  wire

BIKE+R vowel sound. 

R changes the vowel sound.

ire

five     fire

hide     hire

time     tires

white   wires

 

first     fire

whir     wire

 

 🐷 The only vowel is i, and it is followed by a consonant.

it   big   dish   fix   kids

lips   milk   mix   quick   quiz

 rich  six  this  with  zip

 

fire   hire 

 tires   wire

ire

it zip quick

1. 🌳
2. 🚲
3. 🐷
4. 🛏

girl first birth

1. 🚘R
2. 🐷
3. 🚲R
4. 🦜R

fire hire wires

1. 🚘R
2. 🐷
3. 🚲R
4. 🦜R

pin shrimp filled

1. 🌳
2. 🚲
3. 🛏
4. 🐷

ice twine strides

1. 🌳
2. 🚲
3. 🐷
4. 🧦

Let's use pictures and letters to show the sound of the word.

F 🚲 N = fine             F 🦜R S T = first

F 🚲R = fire               F 🐷 S T = fist

               R 🚲 Z = rise

               T 🚲 D = tide or tied

R 🐷 P

1. rips
2. rich
3. rip
4. rice

R 🐷 P S

1. rips
2. rich
3. rip
4. rice

R 🐷 CH

1. rips
2. rich
3. rip
4. rice

R 🚲 S

1. rips
2. rich
3. rip
4. rice

L 🐷 K

1. lick
2. look
3. like
4. luck

L 🚲 K

1. lick
2. look
3. like
4. luck

S K 🦜R T

1. scat
2. skirt
3. skate
4. skit

S K 🐷 T

1. scat
2. skirt
3. skate
4. skit

T 🚲R

1. time
2. tone
3. tire
4. tame

T 🚲 M

1. time
2. tone
3. tire
4. tame

Can you read these words out loud?

fire

big

drive

it

bike

bird

Can you read these words out loud?

fix

fine

five

birth

dish

hire

Can you read these words out loud?

like

lips

kids

tires

dirt

life

Can you read these words out loud?

mile

mix

line

milk

first

wire

Can you read these words out loud?

side

girl

quick

quiz

nice

fire

Can you read these words out loud?

shine

sir

six

hire

rich

wide

Can you read these words out loud?

tires

third

nice

time

with

this

Can you read these words out loud?

zip

skirt

white

wire

yip

write

Here are the vowel sounds we studied in this lesson.

fix   🐷

first   🦜R

five   🚲

fire    🚲R

Here are the vowel sounds, without 

the other sounds. 

Can you say these four vowel sounds?

🐷

🦜R

🚲

🚲R