PreK to Kinder Level 7 Sort It /ay/ & Texts PDF
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Sort It
& Accompanying Texts
The / ay
ay// Sound
PreK to Kindergarten
(CVC to early MS)
Developed by Marnie Ginsberg, PhD
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train
on the
ta ble.
a
ai
with the
came
a_e
They
ey
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play
way
they
make
pa per
wait
day
a
take
name
rain
say
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Key Sentence:
They came to play with the
train on the ta ble.
to
ay
Sort It List
The /ay/ Sound
Read the words and sort them by their /ay/ spelling. Remember to say the sounds as you write each word.
Sort It
Read & Search
come
some
/k/ /ŭ/ /m/
“Rover, come here.”
/s/ /ŭ/ /m/
“I will just eat some of the cake.”
The “o_e” spelling usually stands for the /oa/ sound as in “home.” Sometimes “o_e”
is the /ŭ/ sound as in “come,” “some,” and “love.”
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain, rain, go a way,
Come
a gain a noth er
Litt le
Johnn y
day,
wants to play,
Rain, rain, go a way,
Come
a gain a noth er
Write It
day.
Dictate this sentence: Come again some other day.
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Read & Search
How Many Days?
How man y days has my ba by to play?
Sat ur day, Sun day, Mon day,
Tues day, Wednes day, Thurs day, Fri day,
Sat ur day, Sun day, Mon day.
The name Wednesday comes from an old English word meaning “Woden’s Day.” Woden
is another name for the Norse god “Odin.”
The stories “jake’s tale” and “ernie barnes” from
www.starfall.com are good /ay/ sound texts.
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train
on the
ta ble.
a
ai
with the
came
a_e
They
ey
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play
make
they
paint
way
ta ble
day
made
play
place
train
same
pa per
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Key Sentence:
They came to play with the
train on the ta ble.
to
ay
Sort It List
The /ay/ Sound
Do you remember the Key Sentence for the sound /ay/? Read the words and sort them by their /ay/ spelling. Remember to
say the sounds as you write each word.
Sort It
The /ay/ Sound
Read & Search
A Rainy Day with Baby Jake
by Terri Jenson
A day of rain! How shall we play?
I know! Let’s bake a cake to day.
Should we wake up ba by Jake
And let him taste the cake we make?
Or may be, leave him in his cra dle,
Un til the cake is on the ta ble.
A rain y day? A time to bake and
Have some cake with ba by Jake.
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A Peanut Sat
on a Railroad Track
Read & Search
After reading the poem, search for the /oa/ spellings and mark with one color or one special
shape. Then search for the /ee/ spellings with another. Finally, search for the /ay/ spellings.
Record your words in the Sort It charts below.
A pea nut sat on a rail road track,
His heart was all a-flu tter.
The five-fif teen came rush ing by —
Toot toot! Pea nut bu tter!
o
o_e
Go
home
e
ee
ow
show
to
sees
many
ey
a_e
ay
came
the
y
He
They
oa
to
play
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boat
e_e
of
oe
these
ai
with the
train
to
Joe
ea
each
a
on the
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fall.
ta ble
Dot It
The /ay/ Sound
Invite your student to use a Dot It marker or a regular marker to dot each train with an /ay/ sound word.
eat
make
be
so
made
over
these
see
paint
road
he
way
each
we
she
take
boat
baby
sail
many
day
go
may
know
rain
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Read & Search
After reading the story, search for the /oa/ spellings and mark with one color or one special shape. Then
search for the /ee/ spellings with another. Finally, search for the /ay/ spellings. Either point to where each
spelling belongs on a Sort It sheet or write it there as you say each sound.
Play All Day
by Christie Cavanaugh
We like to play.
We play all day.
We play in the park.
We play till dark.
When it’s time to go,
We all say, “No!”
But we go home
When mom or dad says,
“Come home. Don’t be slow.”
We will all play a game.
Then we will play
But first we will eat.
Till it is time to sleep.
When we wake—
It’s a brand
new
day.
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Read & Search
May’s Way
by Terri Jenson and Lisa Ng
Let me tell you a tale
of a
girl named May
Who spent all her days
gett ing her way.
She could make her face red,
or let it go pale.
She would sit there and glare,
or let out a wail.
No one at all knew
just what to do;
Not Mom, nor Dad,
or e ven Aunt Sue.
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May’s Way
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(Continued)
Then the day came
whenit all fell a part,
And litt le May had
aBIG change of heart.
At last she could see;
she made no one feel safe.
At last she could see;
the great pain that she gave.
Be fore? She would take.
But now? She loves to give.
In the end, May could see
it was the best way to live!
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Match It
The /ay/ Sound
Read each sentence. Then draw a line to match it with the picture!
The hard shell of a snail keeps
its soft bod y safe.
A drake is a male duck.
Cold air makes drops of rain
change in to flakes of snow.
Fish and whales both have
fins for tails, but on ly one has
scales. Which is it?
They sail pa per boats on the lake.
Would you like to go on a plane
or a train or a sub way?
Race in a maze made from bales of hay.
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Make It Stick
The /ay/ Sound
DIRECTIONS:
Have student try to read all the words in 1 minute. At first, you may need to read
them aloud as your student follows along. There are 20 words repeated twice.
they
make
day
main
a ble
came
may
ta ble
name
way
wait
ba by
play
take
say
gave
a way
same
pay
make
they
came
way
say
day
may
wait
gave
main
ta ble
same
ba by
a way
a ble
name
pay
take
play
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The /ay/ Sound
Make It Stick Review
+ /oa/ & /ee/ Review
DIRECTIONS:
Have student try to read all the words in 1 minute. At first, you may need to
read them aloud as your student follows along.
may be
read
play
old
these
to day
they
ta ble
main
late
he
case
state
hear
near
save
be
known
so
o bey
wait
ta ken
stay
date
mean
an y
on ly
al ways need
day
wrote
prey
day
ver y
peo ple
ba by
road
home
here
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train
on the
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ta ble.
a
ai
with the
came
a_e
They
ey
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They came to play with
the train on the ta ble
ble.
Key Sentence:
to
ay
The /ay/ Sound