Vowel Teams: ai/ay

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Teacher Guide

This activity template book series was created for students who are learning how to read, spell, and say vowel teams within words. This template focuses on the vowel teams ai and ay.

Each activity within this template was designed to be an independent student activity, however, the teacher is encouraged to edit this template to be used in differentiated ways including adult-led stations, enrichment, or for remediation.

The activities within this template are aligned with the best practices for teaching foundational reading skills, and also include the five pillars of reading; Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

To share each book, click Remix to copy the book into your library and then you can Assign to your students. For further help visit our support pages.

Note that these books are best reviewed in 'edit' mode. You'll see that there are directions and teacher tips in the book margins.

Literacy Domains

• Phonological awareness
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Fluency
• Comprehension
• Writing
• Speaking & Listening

Literacy Standards

• Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
• Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
• Read texts with purpose and understanding.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.

Vowel Teams in Words!

When do you use ai or ay to spell the sound /ā/?

Beginning

Middle

End

stay

rain

aim

Find images for the words

Sound-Spelling

acorn

snake

day

a_e

a

Find images for the words

Sound-Spelling

mail

day

ay

ai