This PowerPoint explicitly teachers the Vowel Team ay- Making the long a sound at the end of a word.

This Interactive PowerPoint is available as a stand alone resource AND it is also available as part of my ai/ ay Explicit PowerPoint Mini Bundle which includes a Review PowerPoint.

You can get the ai/ ay mini bundle here on my TBS page.

This animated PowerPoint includes:

- An introduction to the vowel team ay explaining that this spelling choice is used at the end of a word to represent the long /a/ sound.

- A child friendly Learning Intention.

- Vowel Team ay flashcards.

- Can you see the vowel team ay hiding behind the trays?

- Does the picture have the long /a/ sound? Yes or No game.

- Look at each ray. Decide if it has the vowel team /a/. Thumbs up/ Thumbs down game.

- Segment the ay words.

- Read the ay words that come out of the spray (Fluency).

- The 'This or That' game- saying the two words and picking the word that has the ee vowel team.

- Help secret agent May find the ay words.

- Read and watch the word fly away on the plane if it has the ay vowel team.

- Decodable Word Flashcards.

- Decodable Sentences.

- Formation of ay (animated in all state fonts)

It is available in 6 fonts:

· Tas

· Vic Cursive

· Sassoon

· NSW

· QLD

· SA

The decodable sentences included could also be used as dictation- where the teacher asks the students to write a sentence one word at a time, to assess learning to see if students are applying this spelling rule.

Thank you,

Meg Clark

(@Prepping For Prep)