Practice identifying the different vowel team graphemes that spell the long /a/ sound with this fun space-themed interactive activity.
Sky Rocket Your Students’ Long A Vowel Sound Knowledge
In this interactive activity, students will be taken into space to explore their knowledge of the main spelling combinations that produce the long a sound (ai, ay, and a_e). Some of the interactive activities included are:
- Sorting planets with words into the different grapheme categories for this sound.
- Choose either ai, ay, or a_e as the spelling choice for particular words and move these graphemes into the spaces provided.
- Matching words that contain the long /a/ vowel sound with the correct images.
- Decoding a sentence with a word that contains the long /a/ sound and matching an image to each of the three sentences provided.
- Encoding words that contain the long /a/ sound.
- Find vowel teams in words in simple sentences and cover them with a planet.
- Plus more!
Learning About the Long /A/ Vowel Sound
Teaching the long “a” vowel sound involves helping students understand the sound that the letter “a” makes when it says its name. The long “a” sound is pronounced like the letter itself, as in words such as “cake,” “late,” and “grade.”
While English spelling can be irregular, teaching other common spelling patterns can provide a solid foundation for your students to recognise and spell words with the long /a/ sound. Regular practise, reading, and exposure to words containing the long /a/ sound will help reinforce these spelling patterns for students.
The spelling patterns practiced in this resource include ai, ay, and a_e.
Download and Explore Today!
This resource is available to download in Google Slides. This activity must be used in edit mode to ensure the interactive features work.
This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.
More Long A Vowel Sound Activities
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