This week we are working on vowel teams. Vowel teams are two vowels that work together to make one sound. The name of the first letter of the team (“the captain”) is the sound the team makes (usually- there are always exceptions in English). The teams we are working on are the “ai” and “ay” teams. They both say the long a sound as in ape. So now students need to not only hear which vowel sound but also recognize which one “looks” right. Making word families can help build word recognition.
Here are this week’s words:
- main
- sail
- jay
- stay
- may
- paint
- clay
- trait
sight words
- why
- when