Lesson 56 - Vowel Digraph āy (/eɪ/) (Student Worksheet)

BOOK 1 • WHEELER'S SPELLER PRIMARY PHONICS CURRICULUM • LESSON 56 STUDENT PRACTICE WORKSHEET

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Say each word orally, then copy it carefully on the handwriting line:

lāy

dāy

gāy

māy

rāy

trāy

strāy

sprāy

bāy

wāy

sāy

swāy

grāy

plāy

prāy

stāy

Phonological Sorting: Sort words into Single Consonants and Consonant Blends:

Single Consonant Onset (e.g. lay, day, bay, way)

Consonant Blends & Clusters (e.g. tray, stray, play, gray)

Creative Sentences: Choose any three words from above and write complete sentences:

📖 RULES TO REMEMBER • LESSON 56

Rule 1 • Terminal āy

English words almost never end in letter i. When a word ends with the long ā sound (/eɪ/), we write ay (day, play).

Rule 2 • Rhyme Family

All 16 words belong to the -ay phonogram family. Changing the beginning sound creates a new word with the same rhyming ending.

Rule 3 • Consonant Blends

Notice how letters blend smoothly at the front: 2-letter blends (tr-, pl-, gr-, st-, sw-, pr-) and 3-letter clusters (str-, spr-).