The long phoneme

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The long phoneme A

• What graphemes can we use?
• ai
• a-e
• ay
• Year Two, Term One

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When two vowels go a-walking,The one in front
does the talking.

• Now in this next list of words, the e at the
  end of each word and the a before it, together
  make the A phoneme.
• came
  
• gave
• brave
• blame
• name
• make
• safe
• take
• taste
• wave
• face
• Lauras middle name is Jane.

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Next comes the grapheme ai

• rain
• pain
• paint
• wait
• again

• explain
• afraid
• chain
• nail
• sail
• pail

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Last of all is the grapheme ayand it is not at
the end of our list, without good reason.

• day
• today
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• May
• stay

• away
• hay
• tray
• stray
• railway

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Now its your turn, list all the a-e words you
can spot in the passage.

• The tramp gave himself a shake and came down to
  the waters edge. A red faced man was in the
  water. He made the tramp jump with surprise. The
  brave tramp stepped forward and let the man take
  his hand. He pulled the man to safety.
• Id like to thank you. Whats your name? said
  the man, dripping on the grass.
• Peter Goodfellow, replied the tramp.

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Well did you spot 9 words with the a-e grapheme?

• The tramp gave himself a shake and came down to
  the waters edge. A red faced man was in the
  water. He made the tramp jump with surprise. The
  brave tramp stepped forward and let the man take
  his hand. He pulled the man to safety.
• Id like to thank you. Whats your name? said
  the man, dripping on the grass.
• Peter Goodfellow, replied the tramp.

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Now look for words with the ai grapheme.

• Now the tramp and the man were cold and wet. The
  smart man looked afraid as he crept into his
  house to explain to his wife.
• Im wet, explained the man, but not from the
  rain, I fell into the river again.
• His wife had a pail of paint and a paint brush in
  her hands. She had a look of pain on her face.
  She was not in the mood for more washing.
• So the man was in trouble and Peter, the tramp
  moved on down the road.

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Did you find 8 words?

• Now the tramp and the man were cold and wet. The
  smart man looked afraid as he crept into his
  house to explain to his wife.
• Im wet, explained the man, but not from the
  rain, I fell into the river again.
• His wife had a pail of paint and a paint brush in
  her hands. She had a look of pain on her face.
  She was not in the mood for more washing.
• So the man was in trouble and Peter, the tramp
  moved on down the road.

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Last time, are you ready?Now spot the words with
the ay grapheme. Go!

• It was now Wednesday at the railway station.
  Tuesday had been a lovely May day but now it was
  dull. Peter had been given a pie on a tray by the
  canteen lady. Suddenly a mouse jumped onto it
  followed by a stray cat. The cat missed the mouse
  and landed in the pie. Oh,no!
• Its just not my day, today, said Peter.
• Go away, and stay away! shouted the canteen
  lady to the cat, and Ill get you another pie,
  she said to Peter.
• The poor, old tramp, smiled.

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Well did you manage to find10?

• It was now Wednesday at the railway station.
  Tuesday had been a lovely May day but now it was
  dull. Peter had been given a pie on a tray by the
  canteen lady. Suddenly a mouse jumped onto it
  followed by a stray cat. The cat missed the mouse
  and landed in the pie. Oh,no!
• Its just not my day, today, said Peter.
• Go away, and stay away! shouted the canteen
  lady to the cat, and Ill get you another pie,
  she said to Peter.
• The poor, old tramp, smiled.

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Did you notice that the A phoneme, ay is
usually at the every end of a word?

• Now which spelling choices could you use to make
  the A phoneme?
• a-e
• ai
• ay