This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate how to select and use words with the common letter string ai to complete a range of sentences on different classroom topics and themes.

The class can identify and record the common spelling patterns that can be used to produce the ai phoneme to match the meaning of different words used in the example sentences.

Download this teaching pack including display poster, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to select and use words with the common letter string ai to complete a range of sentences on different classroom topics and themes

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the spellings of different words with the common letter string ai and a differentiated set of worksheets to identify and complete sentences using words with different spelling patterns for the common letter string ai using a provided word bank for support ability levels.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use words with the common letter string ai to complete different sentences.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise selecting the correct matching words with different common spellings to complete and compose sentences on a range of special topics. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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