Word Families: We Love to Make the “ay” Words
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What's Inside
For children who are learning to read word patterns, this short book gives focused practice with the ay word family. It also works well for a quick read during small-group lessons, one-on-one practice, or home reading time.
Children are invited to put sounds together and figure out words in the ay family. That kind of practice supports blending and phonics as they notice how the ending stays the same while the first sound changes.
Use this book with early readers who are ready to listen for sounds in words and read simple patterns with support.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Word Families: We Love to Make the “ay” Words into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Word families
- Phonemic awareness
- Blending sounds
- Sounding out words
- Phonics patterns
- Reading ay word endings
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you notice about the sound in words that end with ay?
- 2 Can you think of any ay words you have heard before, like in a book, song, or at home?
- 3 When you hear the beginning sound and the ay ending, how can you blend them together to read the word?
- 4 Which ay words sound the same at the end but start with different beginning sounds?
- 5 Can you find something in your house, classroom, or neighborhood that matches an ay word you know?
- 6 How does putting sounds together help you figure out a word you do not know yet?
Words to Learn
- word family
- A group of words that have the same ending sound or spelling pattern.
- sounds
- The small parts we hear in words.
- blend
- To put sounds together to say a word.
- figure out
- To use clues to read or understand something.
- pattern
- A part of a word that stays the same in a group of words.
- ending
- The last part of a word.
- family
- A group of things that go together because they are alike.
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