Vowel team, r-controlled and oi and ou words to read, match, sort and spell, in 9 kinds of sheet. The 6 ai and ay worksheets below are free PDFs with answer keys. No sign-up.
Every sheet for every set in one file, in order, ready to print: the free ones and 70 more that are only in the pack.
A picture and three look-alike words
A word and three pictures
r__n: pick ai or ay and write it in
Cut out the words, glue each by its picture
Circle the words that rhyme with the lid
Pick the sentence that matches the picture
A tiny story, then six sentences to judge
A story with four words to fill in
A box for each sound: ai shares one box
A vowel team is two or three letters that spell one vowel sound: ai in rain, ee in sheep, oa in boat, igh in light. This level also brings in the r-controlled vowels (car, corn, bird) and the sliding sounds oi and ou (coin, cloud). These worksheets give a child a lot of those words to read and spell, in 9 kinds of sheet.
Every word a child has to read uses only the spellings taught so far, or a common sight word. The ten sets go in the order most phonics programs teach them: ai and ay; ee, ea and ey; oa and ow; igh and ie; oo, ew and ue; au and aw; ar and or; er, ir and ur; oi, oy, ou and ow; then silent letters (knee, wrist, lamb, phone) with a review. The wrong answers are look-alikes: train sits next to tray and trail, so the child has to read every letter.
The sheets climb in steps. A set starts with single words (Find the Word, Circle the Picture, Cut and Glue, Rhyme Jars), moves to whole sentences (Which Sentence?) and ends with tiny stories (Yes or No?, Read and Fill In). Which Spelling? is the sheet made for this level: a picture and its word with the vowel spelling left out, such as r__n. The child picks ai or ay and writes it in. On Sound Boxes a vowel team shares one box, because it is one sound.
The 6 ai and ay sheets on this page are free to print, each with its answer key, and the same 6 kinds are free for every other set on its phonics pages. All of the pictures are black and white line art, so a class set costs nothing extra to copy and the pictures can be colored in.