ai and ay

Read and spell rain, tail, play, and day.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 26

A and i make a long a sound, like in rain, snail, and train. Ai usually comes in the middle of a word.
A and y make the same long a sound at the end of a word: play, day, hay.
Middle: ai. End: ay. That's a handy rule!
Your turn! Spell train with the tiles.
Your turn! Sort the words: ai or ay?

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

1.F.P.1.b — Identify and produce both long and short vowel sounds for A, E, I, O, U, including final -e and vowel digraphs.
1.F.P.2.a — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with a variety of spelling patterns (VC, CV, CVC, CVCe, VCC, CCVC, CVCC, CVVC, CCVCC), including high-frequency words.
1.F.P.3.a — Encode regularly spelled one-syllable words with a variety of spelling patterns (VC, CVC, CVCe, VCC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC), including high-frequency words.