New
New
Year 2

Applying the new 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'

I can apply three new spellings for the 'ay' phoneme: 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'.

New
New
Year 2

Applying the new 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'

I can apply three new spellings for the 'ay' phoneme: 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey' are alternative spellings for the 'ay' phoneme.
  2. Words in word families often have similar spellings.
  3. How to spell the common exception words: great, break and steak.

Common misconception

Common exceptions words which are hard to sound out e.g. 'great' 'break' 'steak'.

Put these words into sentences and explain that often we have to learn to spell them by sight because spellings rules don't apply.

Keywords

  • Word family - a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning

  • Rhyme - words that have the same or similar ending sounds, often used in poetry

  • Proper noun - a naming word that does need capitalisation

Draw attention to Year 1 learning. ‘k’ generally goes after a long vowel, and ‘ck’ after a short vowel. Refer back to your school's SSP as 'ea' may have been taught as a representation of the /ai/ spelling.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
Correct Answer:grey,3

3

Correct Answer:eighteen,4

4

Correct Answer:they,2

2

Q2.
Choose the three spellings that can make the long ay sounds.
Correct answer: eigh
Correct answer: ay
ee
Correct answer: a
ie
Q3.
Choose three words that rhyme with the word grey.
rainy
Correct answer: day
Correct answer: they
eight
Correct answer: prey
Q4.
Choose the three less common spellings of the ay sound.
Correct answer: a
Correct answer: ey
ay
Correct answer: eigh
ai
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. One of my grandparents is __________.
aity
Correct answer: eighty
eightee
Q6.
Choose the ay sound spellings that match to the words.
Correct Answer:acorn,a

a

Correct Answer:weight,eigh

eigh

Correct Answer:they,ey

ey

6 Questions

Q1.
Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I love playing in the playground at __________ time.
Correct answer: break
brake
brayk
Q2.
Match the less common graphemes that make the ay sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
Correct Answer:eigh,anywhere

anywhere

Correct Answer:a,most often found at the beginning

most often found at the beginning

Correct Answer:ey,most often found at the end

most often found at the end

Q3.
Choose the two words that rhyme with stable.
Correct answer: cable
rain
tumbling
Correct answer: able
play
Q4.
What is another word that is part of the same word family as eight?
Correct Answer: eighty, eighteen
Q5.
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. The hawk swooped down and it attacked its pray.
Correct Answer: prey
Q6.
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. My friend's birthday is in aypril.
Correct Answer: April

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