State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make an igloo and say the short /i/ sound when they see the letter I in words such as iguana, inchworm, and infant. 

Literacy Activities
Inspect the i pictures

• Help the children make an igloo by turning a white box, plastic bowl or cup upside down, attaching the igloo graphic (found below), then cutting out a door on the dotted line.
• Place the picture cards (found below) around the room.
• Emphasizing the target sound, tell the children to use a magnifying glass to inspect each picture, and have them decide if each picture starts with i like igloo.
• When a child finds a word or picture beginning with I, have him/her say, “I found an ___.”
• Have the children use a ruler to inspect one another’s pictures to see if they are one inch.
• Tell the children to place the picture cards inside the igloo.
• If a child mistakenly identifies a picture, ask the child if the word starts with /i/ like igloo. 
• Repeat the activity using word cards (support as needed).

Invite inside the igloo

• Gather the children in a circle and pretend to be inside an igloo.
  • Tell them they can only invite animals and people that start with the /I/ sound (e.g., inventor, insect, inchworm, infant, iguana, illustrator, inspector).
• Make a list of the people and objects the children would like to invite to the imaginary party.
• Have each child write the sentence, “I will invite an _____ inside the igloo” and fill in the blank with an animal or person from the list.

More Practice
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• Have the children identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds of words by tapping their head (beginning), their stomach (middle) and their toes (end) (e.g., cat = /c/ tap head, /a/ tap stomach, /t/ tap knees).
• Point out that all of the words have the /i/ sound in the middle of the word.
  • pig = p + i + g
  • sit = s + i + t
  • fin = f + i + n
  • lid = l + i + d
• With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
  • Change the beginning sound: pig → dig; bit → sit; hid → lid
  • Change the ending sound: fit → fin; sit → sip; bin → bid
  • Change the middle sound: pit → pot; bin → bun; did → dad

Practice writing the target letter

• Help the children write the uppercase letter I and the lowercase letter i then draw pictures of things they found while inspecting words that start with i.