Long a Phonics Code
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Crack the Code: Long a
📚 Learn the Code
WALT: We are learning to hear, read and spell the long a sound using ai and a_e.
Success criteria:
☐ I can hear the long a sound.
☐ I can read words with ai and a_e.
☐ I can choose a spelling pattern and explain my choice.
☐ I can spell four long a words and use one in a sentence.
Word bank: rain made paint late snail brave chain shape
ai — often in the middle of a word
a_e — the final e helps a say its name
✏️ Crack the Code
rain made train game snail brave
The brave __________ went on the train.
🌟 Review and Challenge
mail: __________ shade: __________
One useful clue is: ____________________________________________________________
Support options
Say each word aloud, stretch the sounds, tap the sounds on your fingers or use counters. You may answer orally before writing, use a pencil or whiteboard, and reread the word bank as needed.
Answer key
1. ai: rain, paint, snail, chain. a_e: made, late, brave, shape.
2. Underline ai in rain, train and snail. Circle a_e in made, game and brave.
3–6: train, game, paint, brave.
8. mail = ai; shade = a_e. A useful clue: ai is often in the middle of a word, while a_e has a consonant between a and final e.
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