Learn all about the exploits of a sly spy from the short poem included on this resource. The poem, intended to provide practice with long /i/ words that use the letter y, is paired with three reading comprehension questions for pupils to answer.

Concepts

the long /i/ sound, rhyming words, rhyming, spelling patterns, spelling, phonics

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners to circle every word that includes a long /i/ sound with a y
• Read the poem out loud as a whole class or in small groups to experience the full effect of all the long /i/ words
• Have students underline or highlight the answers to the questions in the text before they compose their responses

Classroom Considerations

• Make sure to be clear to learners that they focus is on long /i/ words that use the letter y, and not just -ly or -ry words

Pros

• There are many examples of the long /i/ sound in the poem for kids to identify and practice
• Handwriting lines are provided to support learners as the write responses to the reading questions

Cons

• Answers are not included; however, they should be easy to determine

Common Core

RL.1.1 RI.1.1 RF.1.2.a RF.1.4.a