Building ai Words

At Smart Boarding School, we are passionate about providing engaging and educational resources to support early literacy skills. We’re thrilled to introduce a free printable worksheet called "Building ai Words," designed especially for Year 1 and Year 2 students who are learning about the ai digraph. This interactive activity helps students build confidence and proficiency with this important phonics pattern.

What is Building ai Words?

The "Building ai Words" worksheet focuses on words that contain the ai digraph, offering students the chance to practise spelling and recognising words with this vowel team. The worksheet is divided into two exciting parts that combine phonics practice with hands-on learning.

Part 1: Build the Word

In this section, students are provided with a letter bank

containing the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of different ai words. Their task is to select the correct phonemes and place them together to form complete words. This activity encourages them to break words into their individual sounds and blend them back together, reinforcing their understanding of how the ai sound works within words.

Part 2: Colour and Write

Next, students look at a series of colourful images representing words with the ai digraph. They identify the word, colour in the letters that make up the word, and then write the complete word themselves. This section offers a combination of visual, phonetic, and writing practice, helping students to connect sounds to spellings and develop their vocabulary and fine motor skills.

Why Use Building ai Words?

This resource offers multiple educational benefits:

• Phoneme Segmentation and Blending: Students practise breaking words into phonemes and blending them back together, a key skill in early reading and spelling.

• Reinforcement of the ai Digraph: The focus on ai words helps students become familiar with this common spelling pattern.

• Visual and Tactile Engagement: The colouring and writing activities make the worksheet interactive and enjoyable.

• Encourages Independent Learning: Students can work at their own pace, promoting confidence and mastery.

• Versatile for Classrooms and Home Learning: Ideal for small group work, literacy centres, or at-home practice.

Download for Free!

If you’re looking for a fun and educational way to help your students master ai words, look no further! Download the "Building ai Words" worksheet for free today and watch your students build their phonics skills with enthusiasm.