Vowel Pairs ai, ay

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Vowel Pairs ai, ay

• By Miss Udell

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Blend This Word!

• m

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Blend This Word!

• mai

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Blend This Word!

• mail

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Blend This Word!

• mail

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Blend

• pl

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Blend

• play

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Blend

• play

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Connect Sounds to Letters

• The long a vowel sound that you hear in mail and
  play is made by the vowel pairs ai and ay.
• Now, read these words.

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Connect Sounds to Letters

• snail
• spray

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Longer Words

• com

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Longer Words

• com /

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Longer Words

• com / plain

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Longer Words

• complain

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Longer Words

• wait

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Longer Words

• wait /

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Longer Words

• wait / ing

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Longer Words

• waiting

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Longer Words

• may

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Longer Words

• may /

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Longer Words

• may / be

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Longer Words

• maybe

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More Long Words

• Divide the word into syllables and sound out each
  part! Remember that ai and ay both make the long
  a sound.
• ex / plain
• play / ful
• rai / sin

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Real and Nonsense Words

• staying stay / ing
• contain con / tain
• blaiset blai / set
• glayon glay / on

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• How do you know whether a word should be spelled
  with ay or ai?
• mail pay swaying complain

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• ai or ay?
• p ___ ___ d

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• ai or ay?
• p ___ ___ d
• paid

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• ai or ay?
• spr___ ___

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• ai or ay?
• spr___ ___
• spray

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• ai or ay?
• st___ ___ ing

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• ai or ay?
• st___ ___ ing
• staying

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• ai or ay?
• pl ___ ___ n

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• ai or ay?
• pl ___ ___ n
• plain

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Now it is your turn!

• Listen as your teacher says each word.
• Take apart the word and say each sound
  separately.
• Write one syllable at a time.

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Now, turn to page 158 in your Reading Practice
Books!

• Excellent Reading Second Graders!

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