Teaching spelling generalisations: Sail away – ai/ay for long a sound

Overview

Literacy specialist Elaine Stanley presents this explanation of how to teach the spelling generalisation known as sail away. This spelling generalisation explains the letter-sound correspondences ai and ay making the long a sound.

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Resources mentioned in the video

Phonics lesson slides: Spelling generalisation for letter-sound correspondences ai ay [0:35]

Phonics lesson student worksheet: Spelling generalisation for letter-sound correspondences ai ay  [1:48]

Explicit direct instruction for phonics – an instructional model [1:55]

Daily review example [9:55]

Who is this video for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders

What will you learn?

How to teach students the sail away spelling generalisation so they know when to use the letters ay and ai to make the long a sound in words.

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