Practice vowel team “ai” with this fun no-prep game long a game. This free printable phonics game helps first graders work on ai words for kids. Children work their way around the game board as they read ai sound words. Simply print ai words worksheet pdf file with words with ai in them and you are ready to play and learn!
Vowel Teams! There are so many of them, and it can seem overwhelming as we are teaching our young readers to read. But for our readers that struggle, we must teach every single one of them. And today we get to focus on reading a vowel team that makes the long a sound, “ai”. This long a game helps grade 1 students learn ai sound words while having fun! This ai Word phonics activity for 1st graders is filled with words containing ai. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this handy 1st grade printables with ai words list. Plus there are two-levels to this no-prep game.
ai words worksheet pdf
Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.
ai sound worksheets pdf
This game is very simple to get ready!!
- First, choose the level that will work for your child and print it off . The first page is one-syllable words. The second page has a mix of one syllable and two syllable words.
- Next, grab a die and game pieces.
And you are ready to go.
ai phonics games
The rules for this game are pretty easy, as we want the focus to be on reading the words.
- Players will take turns rolling the die and moving that many spaces on the game board.
- As they land on the words they read each “ai” word. (I had my little ones move the correct number of spaces, and then we went back and read the words they had passed.)
- If they land on a rain cloud, they have to move back 2 spaces. (Don’t forget to read those words)
- If they land on a rainbow, they get to slide on the rainbow to the connecting space. (You can decide if the rainbow only makes them move forward, or if they have to move backwards too.)
- The first person to get to the large purple star wins!!
free ai worksheets
Before reading these words, it may be helpful to go over to review that “ai” makes the Long a sound.
It is also important to point out, that the “ail” make a different sound. That “l” often changes the sound of the vowel, and our struggling readers need extra practice learning that specific sound. Before jumping into the game it may help to practice reading all the “ail” words.
sail, nail, pail, snail, trail, jail, ailment,
The “air” sound is also a little different too. Once again, having our little ones read all the “air” words at one time will help them learn this sound.
air, airline, pair, chair, fair, stairs.
Enjoy a little fun while practicng reading words that have “ai”
Vowel Activities
You have probably already talked about vowels, but let’s start by reminding kids that their are two different kinds of letters – consonants and vowels. Every word needs a vowel, they are the sticky glue that hold the consonants together to make words. English vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. Each of these letters have a long sound where they say their name and a short sound. This leap frog talking words factory video was helpful for kids learning their vowels as were these activities:
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- I Vowel – cvc cut and paste short i cvc words, spelling short i words activity, short i words cvc books for kindergarten pdf, bunny short i words activity, cvc short i words booklet
- O Vowel – cut and paste short o worksheets, printable cvc short o words booklet
- U Vowel – cut and paste short u cvc worksheets booklet, cvc short u words booklet
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- Plus tons of cvc activities and worksheets
ai words worksheet pdf
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