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Phonics Mystery Words Mission: AI Vowel Team - Long A Sound

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Phonics Mystery Words Mission: AI Vowel Team - Long A Sound
3 min1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)
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Summary

A phonics 'mystery words' mission focused on the AI vowel team, which makes the long A sound (as in rain, train, paint). Kids decode words to solve the mission.

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Discussion questions

When two vowels go walking, sometimes the first does the talking -- AI says long A.

  1. What sound does the AI vowel team make?
  2. What words in the video used AI?
  3. Can you think of another word with AI?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: vowel team, long a, decode

  • Read these words: rain, paint, train, snail.
  • Write two more AI words of your own.