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Pray Every Day

Vowel Team AI and AY

Day 55of 180
Week 11of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Read and decode words with ai and ay vowel teams

2

Understand the long a sound

3

Recognize the importance of prayer in daily life

4

Practice reading fluency with decodable text

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Thessalonians 5:17

“Pray without ceasing.”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (WEB)

Demonstrates the biblical importance of consistent prayer

📦 Materials Needed

  • Decodable reader about prayer
  • Vowel team AI and AY cards
  • Whiteboard and marker
  • Colored pencils
  • Prayer journal
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and review the week's vowel teams. Show AI and AY cards and have students say the long a sound.

💭 Review Question: What sound do AI and AY make together?
2Teaching (8 min)

Introduce the decodable reader about prayer, pointing out AI and AY words as they appear.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • AI and AY both make the long a sound
  • AI is usually in the middle of words
  • AY is usually at the end of words
  • Prayer is talking to God anytime, anywhere
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • When do you like to pray?
  • What can you pray about?
  • How does God listen to our prayers?
3Activity: Prayer Word Hunt (7 min)
reading

Students read the decodable text and circle AI and AY words, then illustrate a scene from the story about prayer.

📝 Instructions:
  1. Read the decodable text carefully
  2. Use a colored pencil to circle AI and AY words
  3. Draw a picture showing someone praying
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps identify AI and AY words

Challenge: Write a short sentence using an AI or AY word about prayer

4Closing (5 min)

Review the words found and discuss the importance of prayer

📝 Review Questions:
  • What AI words did you find?
  • What AY words did you find?
  • Why is prayer important?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for listening to our prayers. Help us pray every day. Amen.

Coming up: Next week, we'll learn more about special vowel sounds!

💎 Memory Verse

1 Thessalonians 5:17

“Pray without ceasing.”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Create a prayer chain where each child adds a prayer request using ai or ay words

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning to decode words with AI and AY vowel teams while understanding the biblical concept of prayer.

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice reading AI and AY words at home
  • Encourage daily prayer time
  • Help child identify long a sounds in everyday words
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between AI and AY placement in words

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Confident reading of AI and AY words, understanding of prayer concept

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a prayer journal with AI and AY words
  • Play a matching game with AI and AY word cards
  • Make a poster about ways to pray

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