Teachers R US: ai, ay Word Scramble

Are you looking for a different kind of word sort than this is for you? The word cards are scrambled and students have to unscramble them and sort them by ai, ay. I use this activity during whole group learning. I will have students talk to their shoulder partner and try to figure out what the word is. My students really like this activity because it gives them the opportunity to work with their friends and try to figure out the words that are scrambled.

Before using this activity, I recommend using another ai, ay activity that teaches students different words that have that skill in them. It will make using this word scramble much easier.

This activity can be used for literacy centers, whole group instruction, or small groups.

Here is some more detailed information on how to use this activity.

This activity comes with:

Word Scramble and Worksheet

Students sort the word cards with its picture by ai and ay. Then unscramble words on the scrambled word card. The answer is on the back of each card.
Another set of cards with picture and words together
Worksheet: students will unscramble the word, write it in the blank, cut out the picture, glue it next to the word, and write a sentence over one word.
Word Scramble comes in color and black and white
This activity covers 21 ai and ay words

Black and White Word Cards

-I made a card for every ai and ay word used in this activity. You can either send the cards home or create games using the cards like Memory or Go Fish.

Lesson Plan

-I created a lesson plan that could be used for this literacy activity. The lesson plan comes with common core state standards, and ideas on how to use this activity.

Video Ideas and Books that Teach AI and AY

-I wrote down videos that cover AI and AY. I also wrote down books that you can read that will help emphasize on AI and AY.

Here is an example on how to use this activity: I play several games with word cards as a whole group. The main games that I play that my students love is mingle and 2 circles game. Mingle is where you give each student a card. You start the game by saying “mingle”. Students will walk around the room until you say stop. When you say stop, students are to find the closest person to them to partner up with. They read their card to them and then switch cards. I repeat this game until students lose interest. The 2 circle game is where I have students get into 2 circles (an inner and outer circle). When they get into their circle they make sure that they have a partner that faces them. Students read their card to their partner and switch cards. Then I have the inner circle move to the right one time. Continue to do this until students have made a complete circle.