Introduce Long a: a, ai, ay

April
This is the Train

train
Sound-Spelling Card.
The sound is /a/.
This is the sound in the middle
of the word train.
Listen: /traaan/.
The /a/ sound can be spelled
with the letters
a as in April,
ai as in train,
or ay as in say.

say
Say the sound with me: /aaa/.
I’ll say /a/ as I write the letters
a, ai, and ay several times.
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s
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s ai
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s ai l
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h
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h ay
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g
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g r
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g r
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g r ay
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b
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b a
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b a
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b a c
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b a c o
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b a c o
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b a c o n
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b a c o n
Gail
Gail and
Gail and April
Gail and April like
Gail and April like to
Gail and April like to sail.
 Introduce Long o: o, oa, ow, oe

This is the Boat

Sound-Spelling Card.
The sound is /o/.
This is the sound in the middle
go
of the word boat.

soap
Listen: /booot/, boat.
The /o/ sound can be spelled
with the letters
o as in go,
oa as in soap,
ow as in snow,
and oe as in toe.
Say the sound with me: /ooo/.
I’ll say /o/ as I write the letters
o, oa, ow and oe several times.

snow
toe
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g
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g oa
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g oa
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g oa t
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r
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r ow
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r ow
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m
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m o
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m o
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m o st
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m o st
Can
Can I
Can I go
Can I go to
Can I go to the
Can I go to the show?
 Introduce Long i: i, y, igh, ie

This is the Five

Sound-Spelling Card.
The sound is /i/.
This is the sound in the middle
find
of the word five.

my
Listen: /fffiiivvv/, five.
The long i sound can be
spelled with the letters
i as in find,
y as in my,
igh as in night,
and ie as in pie.
Say the sound with me: /iii/.
I’ll say /i/ as I write the letters

night
i, y, igh and ie several times.

pie
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s
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s igh
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s igh
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s igh t
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s igh t
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f
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f i
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f i
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f i nd
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m
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m y
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l ie
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l ie
Why
Why did
Why did the
Why did the child
Why did the child cry?
 Introduce Long e: y, ey

funny
What are these
letters?
What sound do
key
they stand for?
The
The baby
The baby is
The baby is very
The baby is very fussy.
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d a d
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d a d d y
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d a d d y
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j e l
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j e l l y
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j e l l y