1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding vowel team — ai words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Pip's Rainy Train
Coloring page included in PDF
Pip had a train. He did want to play with it today. But it did rain! The main path was wet. "My train can not run in the rain," Pip said. He had a faint look on his face.
Pip saw a big, plain box. He took the box. He made a new track for his train. The train could run on this track. It could gain fast. Pip did not want his train to fail. He set the box on the rug. The train ran fast on its new track. Pip did not get any pain. He had fun with his train, safe from the rain.
Circle or highlight all the AI vowel team words in the story above. How many did you find?
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2 Word Sort
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.
Real Words
Nonsense Words
rain
main
pain
gain
fail
jail
mail
nail
sail
tail
maix
baix
naix
taix
paix
jaix
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards
Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.
the rain on main
a main in pain
the pain and gain
a gain with fail
the fail on jail
a jail in mail
the mail and nail
a nail with sail
the sail on tail
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)
Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!
Decodable RAN Chart — Vowel Team — AI
maid
sail
maid
rain
rain
fail
brain
fail
rain
sail
rain
maid
brain
sail
fail
brain
Target words: rain, fail, sail, maid, brain
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📖 Decodable Readers
Printable mini-books for Vowel Team — AI practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.