Phonics

Phonics

This week we are going to be looking at the alternative spellings of the ai phoneme (sound)

Looking at words where we can hear the ai sound but we may write it in different ways not just ai

wait - ai

play - ay

take - a_e

lady - a

grey -ey

eight - eigh

Can you spot which is the correct spelling of all these ai words? Then challenge yourself to spell them independently.

Read this sentence. Can you spot all the mistakes and correct them?

A baiby snak and ayt snales go on holida on a grai playne with a ladey.