Sentences
Grade K · Day 126 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 78 · p.88 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
Long
as
and
bay
may
clay
hey
day
nay
gray
grey
Fay
play
obey
hay
ray
slay
they
Jay
say
spray
Kay
way
stay
lay
stray
sway
tray
Can
with
that
will
game
all
fell
in
the
went
came
late
◆ 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
- Can Fay play with Kay?
- They say that Fay may play with Kay.
- Jay will play a game with Kay.
- Fay will stay with Kay all day.
- Jay fell in the hay.
- They went that way.
- They came late that day.
- The day was grey.
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.