Short U
Short I
100

cut - run - sum


100

lip - fin - is

It can rain diamonds on Neptune because of how hot and pressurized it is.

200

WRITING PRACTICE: U - u

If you wanted to fly to Pluto, it would take you 800 years to get there!

200

WRITING PRACTICE: I - i

Scientists think there are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on all the Earth’s beaches combined.

300

up - mud - but

The word “dinosaur” means “terrible lizard” in Greek.

300

It is in the tin.

Teacher Drew's favorite dinosaur is the size of a small chicken! Meet the Aquilops!

400

Look at the bug in the tub!

The bite of a T-rex is nearly twice as powerful as the bite of a lion.

400

Are the pigs in the mud?

The biggest asteroid is 600 miles wide. That would take 12 hours to drive across on the freeway!

500

The mug was on the book.

Astronauts grow 3% taller in space because of the lack of gravity. They go back to their original height when they return to Earth.

500

Write a sentence with 3 short I's!

Dinosaurs were not the only ancient enormous species. For example, the Megalodon, a famously large pre-historic shark, was three times the size of the average shark today.