Reading ai and ay Words
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Objective
I can read words with the vowel teams ai and ay.
Part 1 of 3
Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
The letters ai make a long a sound, like in the words rain and wait.
- 2
You hear the long a sound from the letters ay in words like day and play.
- 3
Both the letter teams ai and ay make the same long 'a' sound to help us read words.
Part 2 of 3
Practice
3 questions
Name three words from the reading passage that have the vowel team 'ai'.
Name three words from the reading passage that have the vowel team 'ay'.
Part 3 of 3
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“Read these words aloud: rain, wait, paint, day, play, say.”
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