Ay Set

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bay may stay
bray nay stray
clay pay sway
day play tray
gray pray way
hay* ray
lay say

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okay

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tray

pay

pray

spray

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Name

Say the name of each picture. Read the words and circle the word that names the
picture. Write the word underneath the picture. Make a picture for the last word.
You may need to use the dictionary.

pray pay

toy tray

spin spray

pray paint

gray green

play plan

freeway free

hay hat
x-ray

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Name

Say the name of each picture. If the picture belongs in the ay family and rhymes
with hay, add ay to finish writing the word.

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gr r tr
pr pl spr

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Name

Look at the picture in each box. Circle the word that matches the picture. Write the
word on the lines.

1.
pay
play
2.
say
spray
3.
play
pray
4.
tray
they
5.
grow
gray

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Xs and Os

Directions for teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the
-ay rime. They make an x on each picture that does not end with the ay rime.

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More Xs and Os

Directions to teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the ay rime and
write the word in the box. If the picture does not end with the -ay rime, students make an
x over the picture.

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See, Say, Spell and Write: ay

bi rthday
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Cloze the Gap: ay

Read the following sentences, saying the word clay when
you come to a blank space. Use words from the ay family to
fill in the blanks and make sense. Reread your sentences to
double check your choices!

1. When I was in kindergarten, I got to play with .
2. His dog knows how to sit and how to .
3. My big sister uses too much hair .
4. What game do you want to after school?
5. Dont forget to take your lunch back to the
cafeteria.
6. You can get stung by a at the beach.
7. Its fun to jump in the pile of at the farm.
8. Some people drive too fast on the .
9. What is it today?
10. Christmas is my favorite .
11. Our airplane sat in line on the .
Word Bank
stay clay holiday tray hay runway
day spray freeway play stingray

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Simple Sentences: ay

Name

Read each sentence below, saying the ay picture names as you read. Rewrite the sentence and
change each picture to a word. Illustrate the sentences on the back of your paper.

1. The farmer let us play in the .

2. Ray blew out the candles on his .

3. Dad says that I may not use paint.

Word Bank
birthday cake
spray
hay

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Score With Scrabble!
SCORE
spray

stray

away

decay

delay

display

highway

railway

stairway

stingray

today

weekday

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Definition Derby: ay
Read each ay family word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the matching
letter next to the word (see sample). Write each word in a sentence.

Word Sentence Definition
1. bay
d We like to see the song called, Down
By the Bay.
a. opposite of night
2. bray

b. might or perhaps
will; fifth month
3. clay

c. dried grasses fed
to farm animals
4. day

d. part of an ocean or
lake that is partly
surrounded by land
5. gray

e. to give money for
something
6. hay

f. to squirt or apply a
mist
7. may

g. have fun; a theater
performance
8. pay

h. the sound of a
donkey
9. play

i. earth baked and
dried to make
pottery and bricks
10. say

j. remain in one place;
opposite of go
11. spray

k. to speak or
pronounce words
12. stay

l. color made by
mixing black and
white

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Crossword Puzzle: ay
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Across Down
2. shower or squirt water or mist 1. to give money to buy something
7. color made from black and white 2. a command for a dog
8. something we do for fun 3. a beam of sunlight
9. to move back and forth 4. soil used for making pottery
12. a spring month 5. a lost or homeless dog or cat
6. Waiters carry food on one.
8. a homophone for prey.
10. This is the we go to work.
11. to place or put something down

Word Bank
may pay lay way gray stay sway
tray clay play stray pray spray ray

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play

clay

pay

spray

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tray

hay

x-ray

day

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ay Partner Puzzle
Print the Partner Puzzle on vellum. Laminate for durability or print in gray scale for children to cut, color and glue.
pl ay p ay

h ay tr ay

spr ay

cl ay

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ay Word and Pictures for Sorts and Stuff
-ay Pictures and Words


hay



clay


tray
ay Pictures and Words


gray
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bray


play


x-ray


subway

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bay


spray


pray


pay
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day


freeway

ray

say

slay

stay
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stray

sway

way

lay

away

may


stingray
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birthday

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ay Family Word Slide
ay
ay Family Word Slide
(Sound Blending)

Print on vellum, cut, and laminate for durability. Cut the top and bottom slits to the left
of the rime chunk for the slide. Model proper use for students: blending to form and
say new words.

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