1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding vowel team — ay words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Jay's Birthday Play
Coloring page included in PDF
Today was Jay’s birthday! He went to play in the big sand pit. He could not make a big shape in the sand. The sand was not wet, and it felt too fine. A little stray kit came to play in the sand. Jay saw it.
Jay ran to his dad. “Dad, I want to play in the sand,” Jay said. “The sand is not wet.” Dad went to get a hose. He gave Jay a wet spray. Jay gave the sand a good spray. He made a big pile of wet sand.
Jay saw the stray kit. He took the kit. He gave it a bed of hay. “Stay here, little kit,” Jay said. Then Jay went to play. What a good day!
Circle or highlight all the AY 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
bay
day
hay
jay
lay
may
pay
ray
say
way
sayz
bayz
rayz
zayz
fayz
cayz
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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 bay on day
a day in hay
the hay and jay
a jay with lay
the lay on may
a may in pay
the pay and ray
a ray with say
the say on way
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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 — AY
bay
say
bay
bay
stay
lay
say
bay
say
spray
lay
stay
stay
lay
spray
spray
Target words: bay, lay, say, stay, spray
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📖 Decodable Readers
Printable mini-books for Vowel Team — AY practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.