The Ultimate AI, AY, and A_E Vowel Digraph Resources

Is it time to introduce your students to some of the different graphemes that produce the long a sound? Then, this resource pack is going to be your teaching buddy!

This set of 18 teaching slides will guide your students through the initial phases of grasping the following digraphs/split digraphs:

• ai
• ay
• a_e

Along with this set of slides, a mini activity book can be completed individually or as a whole class—the perfect two resources to start their phonics journey. Designed and created by a teacher, these resources have been created with young learners at the forefront of the design process. The bright, fun, simple layout will accompany your wicked teaching skills!

There are many ways you can add to these resources to make them more tactile for your learners. Why not provide them with playdough buttons as they are guided through decomposing the different words?

AI, AY and A_E Digraphs

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Use the dropdown menu to choose between the Google Slide version of the teaching slides or the mini book. The mini book is also available to download in an easy-to-print PDF version.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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