pl long /a / (spellings: a+consonant+e, ay)

Overview of CD-ROM activities

Children listen to the story and read along. They can also click on individual words to hear them. For the text of the story, see Copy Master DP1.

Children choose pictures for words that begin with pl or words that have a long /a / sound. After identifying the words by listening, they see the words with the featured spelling pattern highlighted.

Children see and hear a sentence that has one word highlighted. The word features either pl or long /a /. Using listening skills, children select this word from three similar-sounding words that are heard but not seen.

Children select words that begin with pl or words that have a long /a / sound.

Children make ace, ate, and ay rhyming word families. They use visual clues as well as sound to guide them.

Children make ace, ate, and ay rhyming word families. They use sound alone to assist with word selection.

Children build the words plum, late/plate, lay/play, and lace/place.