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The ai Sound
There are multiple vowels that make the /ai/ sound within words; show your learners three of them in this spelling worksheet. They look at some examples, then complete three sets of words by adding in the vowels to make this sound. The...
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The ai and ar Sounds
These words sound the same but are spelled differently, giving scholars a chance to practice spelling patterns and rhyming words. First they read that the /ai/ vowel sound can be made with three different spellings. Learners label three...
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Word Blending Boxes
Get all your blends organized into neat little boxes! This resource provides pages and pages of words that you can print out and place into labeled boxes so that you can find the exact words you want to work on with your class quickly...
Helping Dyslexia
Vowel Sound Posters
Adorn your walls with these posters to support your pupils as they learn various vowel sounds and digraphs. Each poster includes a focus sound (the ai digraph, for example), a large image paired with a word that demonstrates that sound,...
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Word Maps With "ai" Words
In this vowel sound word map worksheet, students study a word bank of 5 words containing "ai." Students place each word into a word map and then write the word on the line provided.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Kindergarten Skills Unit 10
A six-week unit wraps up kindergarteners' skills practice in beginning reading skills. Twenty-nine lessons focus on long vowel sounds and 11 tricky high-frequency words. Scholars participate in warm-up activities, introductions to sounds...
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Read & Draw -ai-
In this phonics practice learning exercise, students examine 6 words that feature the "ai" sound and then draw pictures to represent each of them.
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Introduce /ai/
Students state the "ai" long a sound. In this vowel combinations phonics lesson, students say the sound of "ai" when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination and remain silent when all other letters are highlighted.
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2 Letter Vowel Sounds
In this vowel recognition memory activity, students look at 20 pictures and circle the letter or letters from each column that spells out the word seen in the picture correctly. Students write the word in the space below the letters.
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High Frequency Words--Long A
In this word recognition worksheet, 2nd graders read and write the fourteen given words on the provided lines. Students also complete six fill-in sentences by choosing the appropriate word.
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Rain Rain Go Away
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
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Poems: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Act out the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" rhyme with youngsters. Learners observe visual instructions before completing the corresponding actions, then draw the spider into a scene. Finally, they write down rhyming words that have the ai spelling...
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Soap Boat
When two vowels go walking, who does the talking? Learners explore this question with several activities featuring words with OA, AI, and EA. The activity includes many fun pictures and requires different skills sets such as context...
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-ai- Words
In this -ai- words worksheet, students use the pronunciation of /ai/ to sound out words in columns. Students read twenty words.
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Words and pictures: Long "ai" Vowel Sounds
In this words and pictures: long "ai" vowel sounds learning exercise, students look at four pictures, read the clues and write the "ai" word on the line.
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Old Ladies Say A?
The letter a produces so many sounds! Increase your class's awareness of concepts related to reading and spelling. They identify the digraphs /ea/ and /ai/ in spoken language and spelling as a long vowel sound. After a brief discussion,...
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Reintroduce /au/
Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete this...
American English
Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate where to put the...
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Two Vowels Making one Sound
First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.
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Vowel Combinations: ai
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students note the vowel combination ai as they trace the words snail, train, and rain and read the 2 sentences at the bottom of the worksheet.
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'Ai' Words - Missing Vowels
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students study the given letters and fill in the missing vowels using the 'ai' sound. Students then read the words they create.
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Vowel Digraphs: ay, ai, au, aw, oa, ow
In this two-letter vowels worksheet, students complete 15 words by writing in the correct digraph: "ay," "ai," "au," "aw," "oa" or "ow." Students practice printing these digraphs.
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'Ai' Words
In this phonics activity, students complete a word search trying to locate words that have the vowel sounds 'ai' in them. Students use the word bank to help them complete the puzzle.
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Long Vowel Phoneme - ai
Kindergarteners identify the long vowel sound /ai/ in speech and writing. The whole class shares the book, Daisy the Snail, then brainstorms as many /ai/ words as they can. The class constructs a word wall with the /ai/ words.