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Year 2

New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'

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

New
New
Year 2

New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'

I can know 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: told, hold and oh.

Common misconception

Pupils will look for any word with ‘a’ in it e.g. shared. ‘A’ can be pronounced in different ways.

Remind pupils to stretch each word when reading to help hear the 'ay' sound e.g. s-t-a-b-le vs sh-are-d

Keywords

  • Common - common spellings are spellings which appear frequently

  • Homophone - homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings, like 'oh' and 'owe'

  • Proper noun - a naming word that does need capitalisation

  • Rare - rare spellings are spellings which appear less frequently

Be sure to quickly gloss the meaning of any words discussed that pupils may not know the meaning of. E.g. prey. Putting quickly into a sentence is sufficient. Particularly as ‘prey’ is a homophone.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
Choose the words which contain the ay sound.
Correct answer: pancake
float
Correct answer: raining
Correct answer: birthday
sweat
Q2.
Choose the words that rhyme with the word make.
takes
joke
Correct answer: take
plane
Correct answer: flake
Q3.
Choose the words that contain the root word rain.
gain
Correct answer: raining
Correct answer: rainy
pain
Correct answer: rained
Q4.
Match the grapheme to where they commonly appear in a word.
Correct Answer:'a-e',the last but one

the last but one

Correct Answer:'ay',the end

the end

Correct Answer:'ai',the middle

the middle

Q5.
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. That was a tasty milkshayk.
Correct Answer: milkshake, Milkshake
Q6.
Match the words with the correct definition
Correct Answer:phoneme,the smallest unit of sound

the smallest unit of sound

Correct Answer:grapheme,a letter or group of letters that represent a sound

a letter or group of letters that represent a sound

Correct Answer:common,something that appears very often

something that appears very often

Correct Answer:homophone,words that sounds the same, but are spelt differently

words that sounds the same, but are spelt differently

6 Questions

Q1.
Choose the correct spelling to finish the sentence. Please __________ onto this for me.
howld
Correct answer: hold
held
huld
holed
Q2.
Select the words that are proper nouns.
Correct answer: April
horse
snake
Correct answer: Mr Grey
stable
Q3.
Choose the words which contain an ay sound.
Correct answer: eight
tight
Correct answer: prey
height
Correct answer: table
Q4.
Match the grapheme that makes the 'ay' sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
Correct Answer:'eigh',anywhere

anywhere

Correct Answer:'a',at the beginning

at the beginning

Correct Answer:'ey',the end

the end

Q5.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Set the teyble for dinner.
Correct Answer: table, Table
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. I scored aity in a test.
Correct Answer: eighty, Eighty

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