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'Ai' Words Word Search
In this phonics word search puzzle worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to find as many "ai" words as possible in the word puzzle. There is no word bank provided.
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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.
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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 activity. 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...
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'AI' Anagrams
In this 'ai' anagram activity, students unscramble and read the 'ai' words. Students are given 39 words to unscramble.
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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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Phonics Lesson Planning Guide
So much to teach, so little time. Keep track of phonics instruction with a guide that permits you to plan phonics lessons addressing 12 difference concepts, in four strands, in the handwriting, maintenance, instruction, and...
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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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Sounds and Letters: ai
Review reading skills with your class using this colorful presentation. Learners read a series of words missing the letter i. They add the letter and read the new word. It is a quick and simple review of the topic. Note: The...
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Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Fishing for Vowel Digraphs
After teaching vowel digraphs, reinforce the concept with an activity! Young scholars fish from a pile of 60 cards to match words with the same sound. Featured vowel digraphs include ea, au, aw, ow, oa, ai, ay, and ee.
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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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Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
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High Frequency Words--Long A
In this word recognition learning exercise, 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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Words and pictures: Long "ai" Vowel Sounds
In this words and pictures: long "ai" vowel sounds worksheet, students look at four pictures, read the clues and write the "ai" word on the line.
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Spelling List 2: Sight Words, "-ai-" Pattern, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list learning exercise, students practice spelling words that are sight words, ai pattern, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
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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...
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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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Click it! See it! Say it!
Scholars take digital photographs of a phonic cluster. Each child will use their digital pictures in a PowerPoint slide with text showing the sound and the word that contains that sound. Then they will take a picture of the object they...
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'Ai' Words
In this phonics worksheet, 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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'Ai' Words Decode
In this phonics worksheet, students use the decoding box of letters to decode the words and write them down on the provided lines.
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Vowel Combinations: ai
For 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 activity, 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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Build-A-Fence Long Vowel Game
Build your class's knowledge with a vowel game. With a list of code words for each vowel, kids begin to construct fences with the words that share long vowel sounds.