Description

Digraph ai words are taught in this direct instruction PowerPoint lesson that uses synthetic phonics. The sound /ai/ is a vowel digraph. This lesson includes the one grapheme but also demonstrates, on one slide, that there are alternative graphemes for this sound.82 slides.

This lesson includes:

• Teacher slide
• Learning Outcomes (WALT)
• Tune in – hearing the /ai/ sound in two words
• Tune in – phoneme manipulation (one word swap)
• Tune in – Mouth articulation for /ai/ sound
• Tune in – write the /ai/ sound (in the air or on student whiteboards)
• Teacher slides – 2x
• One syllable words with /ai/
• Pictures of each word (useful for understanding the vocabulary)
• Sentences with these words
• One syllable words with the ccvc or cvcc structure
• Sentences with these words
• Extension words (polysyllabic 4x slides)
• Phonic dictation (teacher slide and 3 different levels)
• Other graphemes for this sound 1x slide
• Word sort (think of words with the /ai/ sound at the beginning or middle)
• Word sort above as an example
• Check for understanding – what sound
• Check for understanding – find the grapheme /ai/
• Word building (one syllable words) 3x slides
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82 slides (includes cover pages)

This is a very comprehensive lesson. You can use this over the week and decide which aspects you would prefer to do in one day. This lesson is differentiated by word complexity and word length.

Enjoy!