Digraph ai and ay

Digraph ai and ay make the long a sound.

Digraph ai is usually found in the middle of a word and digraph ay is usually found at the end of a word.

Practice reading these words.

brain rainy grain jail rainbow tailor sailor waiter

holiday subway mayonnaise spray highway

The United States

The United States is a country in North America. There are fifty states in the United States. 

 

Betsy Ross

Legend says that Betsy Ross sewed the first flag of the United States in 1776. The flag was known as the Stars and Stripes.

Antonyms

Antonyms are words that have opposite (or nearly opposite) meanings.


Examples:
up-down
day- night
stop-go
right-left 
right-wrong 

Diphthong ow and Digraph ow

A diphthong is two vowel sounds that come together so fast that they are considered one syllable. 
Diphthong ow


plow
now
brow

A vowel digraph is two vowels that come together to make one sound. 
Digraph ow

grow
blow
snow



For extra practice reading words with ow go to Phonics Genius ,on your ipad, and click on the words cow and snow.

Synonyms

Synonyms-One of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses.

                                             jump      hop

                                       big         giant

                                       small      tiny 

                             

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