Long I (igh) Worksheets

Free printable vowel team — igh phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.

Grade: 1st-2nd Phase 4: Vowel Teams & Advanced Pattern: IGH trigraph (long I sound)
high sigh thigh fight light might night right sight tight bright flight

1 Decodable Reader

A free illustrated mini-book for Vowel Team — IGH, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.

Pip's Bright Light mini-book cover
Free illustrated mini-book · Level 4

Pip's Bright Light

A full-color picture book your student reads on their own. Skill: Vowel Team — IGH. Print, cut and staple.

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Passage sheet: the same story on one page, for highlighting the target words

It was night. Pip the pig sat in a big box. The box was his ship. Pip wanted to read his book, but it was too dim. He could not see. "I might not get to read tonight," he said with a sigh. It was a sad sight to see Pip in the dim. Then, Pip had a thought. He went to the shelf and got a bright light. He took the light back to his ship. "This light is just right!" he said. Pip sat in his box and read his book by the light. He was glad he could read late into the night.

Circle or highlight all the IGH long-I words in the story. How many did you find?
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Long i: igh and ie

igh says /ī/, as in light. ie can also say /ī/, as in tie and pie.

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2 Vowel Team — IGH Words

The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.

Real Words (10)

high, sigh, thigh, fight, light, might, night, right, sight, tight

Nonsense Words (6)

zight, jight, vigh, pight, dright, glight

Phrases to read
a bright light · a flight at night · the knight is right · a sigh at midnight · high in the sunlight · you might fight · a slight fright · tight on his thigh · see it tonight
RAN chart words
high, light, sight, fright, blight
Sight words
the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have, with, you, are, be

3 IGH and IE Picture Worksheets

IGH and IE words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.

Find the Word: a igh and ie picture worksheet

Find the Word

Look at each picture and circle the right word out of three.

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Circle the Picture: a igh and ie picture worksheet

Circle the Picture

Read a word, then circle its picture out of three.

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Which Sentence?: a igh and ie picture worksheet

Which Sentence?

Look at a picture and pick the sentence that matches it.

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Read and Fill In: a igh and ie picture worksheet

Read and Fill In

Read a short story, then fill in the missing words.

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Sound Boxes: a igh and ie picture worksheet

Sound Boxes

Say each picture and write its sounds in the boxes.

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Read and Match: a igh and ie picture worksheet

Read and Match

Read each word, then draw a line to its picture.

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4 Story Worksheets

4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's vowel team — igh words. Each one opens as its own file.

Vowel Team — IGH word sort printable preview

Word Sort

Cut-apart word cards to sort: Real Words or Nonsense Words. Answer key on page 2.

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Vowel Team — IGH phrasing cards printable preview

Phrasing Cards

Short phrases to cut out and read smoothly, for fluency.

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Vowel Team — IGH word search printable preview

Word Search

Find 12 vowel team — igh words in the grid. Answer key on page 2.

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Vowel Team — IGH ran chart printable preview

RAN Chart

A grid of five words to read fast, with room to record three timed tries.

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📖 More Vowel Team — IGH Stories

A new decodable story with the same vowel team — igh sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.

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Free Printable Long I (igh) Worksheets

These free long i (igh) worksheets provide structured phonics practice for the IGH trigraph (long I sound). Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort activity to distinguish real and nonsense words, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.

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