Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'
I can spell words with the 'ay' sound using 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'.
Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'
I can spell words with the 'ay' sound using 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Common spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ay', 'a-e' and 'ai'.
- Alternative and rare spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'.
- Suffixes that have been added may change the spelling of a word, so finding the root word can be a useful strategy.
- Finding rhyming words helps to find the correct spelling, such as 'weigh' and 'sleigh' and 'able' and 'stable'.
- Words in word families often have similar spellings.
Common misconception
Pupils may start using these spellings in place of the most common spellings.
Emphasise that 'ay', 'ai' and 'a-e' are the most common spellings and tell pupils to try those out first.
Keywords
Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound
Grapheme - the letter or group of letters that represent a sound
Rare - rare spellings are spellings which appear less frequently
Word family - a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
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Starter quiz
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the last but one phoneme
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Exit quiz
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anywhere
at the end
at the beginning or the middle
the smallest unit of sound in a word
the written representation of a phoneme
a group of words common in pattern or meaning