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Lesson13VowelPattern(ai,eigh)
Skill:long(a)spellingpattern:(ai)and(eigh)
Rememberthislongvowelrule:Whentwovowelsgowalking,thefirstonedoes
thetalking,theseconddoesthewalking.
Ex:Inthewordtrain,aiareadjacent(walkingsidebyside).Thefirstvowelais
talking(saysitsnameasinthealphabet),the"i"iswalking(issilent).
Readthewordslistedbelow.
aim
brain
chain
drain
fail
gain
jail
mail
paid
pail
pain
paint
plain
quail
raid
rail
rain
sail
snail
sprain
stain
tail
trail
train
trait
vain
wail
wait
(eigh)saysa
eight
sleigh
neighbor
weight
(Heightandsleightareexceptionstotherule.)
Whatarethetwolong(a)patternsusedinthewordslistedabove?Writethem.
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Canyouthinkofsomeotherwordsthatusethe(ai)or(eigh)pattern?Writethem.
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Dictation/SpellingPracticefor(ai,eigh)words
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Readthesesentences.
Imailedeighteenboxes.
Thesnailmadeaneightinchtrail.
Ihadtowaitintherainforthetrain.
Jakeateeightplainpancakesinjail
Didthemaidpainttherail?
IamafraidIgainedtoomuchweight.
Doesthewordtailrhymewithjail?
Myneighborshorsesays,neigh.
ItwasrainingwhenIsprainedmyhandonarail.
Iseeasnailintherainunderthesleigh.
Hefailedtopainttheplainwoodchair.
Thetrainwhistlesingsandsingsinmybrain.
Ilaidmydog'schainonmyneighbor'ssteps.
IsaweightquailonatrailatTorreyPines.
Ihadtowaituntilthewaitressbroughtthemaindish.
Thetrainhaslotsoffreightcars.
Igotmyneighborsmailtoday.
Themailtrainsailsalongtherails.
Shewaitsinvaintoseethesails.
TheraininSpainfallsontheplain.
Atrailoftheftwilllandyouinjail.
Createyourownsentence,includeoneormorewordsthathavethelongaspelling
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pattern(ai)or(eigh).Yourwritingshouldreflectgoodpenmanship,properspacing,
andcorrectusageofupperandlowercaseletters.Donotmixupperandlowercase
letters.Rememberallsentencesbeginwithacapitalletterandendwithaperiod(.),
questionmark(?),orexclamationpoint(!).
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Pleaseillustrateyoursentence.
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TheletteraintheEnglishlanguagecanhaveseveraldistinctpronunciations.
Lesson11dealtwiththearpatternasinarm.Longaasinbakeistreatedinthe
previousandcurrentlesson,andLesson41coversaasincare.Theremaininga
soundsarebasicallyoftheshortavarietysuchasask,bad,can(asinLesson1)or
sofa,about.Forthemostpartwhenaisthefirstorlastletterofaword,itis
pronouncedasashortu.Suchwordsintheselessonsaretreatedassightwords.
Sightwordsdonotfollowgeneralphoneticrulesandmustbelearnedbyrepeated
exposuretodifferentexamplesinreadingtext.
Studentexposureandawarenessissufficientatthistime.
about
above
alarm
alike
Amanda
apiece
apology
around
assume
attention
awake
away
Amanda
ballerina
banana
cafeteria
Chihuahua
cola
koala
magenta
mama
Maria
mozzarella
panda
papaya
piata
pita
pizza
salsa
tapioca
tarantula
yoga
Ihavelistedafewofthecommonwordsthatbeginorendwitha,soundinglike
shortu.Havethestudentlistenforthesoundofshortuatthebeginningorend
ofthelistedwordsasyoureadthemtothestudent.
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