Long a as ai · Sentences
Grade 1 · Day 80 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 75, Lesson 76 · p.86–87 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
aid
laid
maid
paid
raid
braid
said ◆
ail
bail
fail
Gail
hail
jail
mail
nail
pail
quail
rail
tail
frail
snail
trail
aim
claim
Cain
gain
lain
main
pain
rain
vain
brain
chain
drain
grain
plain
slain
Spain
stain
strain
◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.
Read the sentences
- Clair paid ten cents at the gate.
- Gail will wait in the rain for the train.
- If the train is late, Gail will take a bus.
- In Spain the rain falls on the plain.
- Cain is waiting at the main gate.
- If the train is late, take a plane.
- "Fish or cut bait," said Bill.
- Gail is washing her hair.
Write what you hear
Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.