About this worksheet
A word sort for the long a sound in Year 1, set up as a phonics postbag that has split open. Pupils read sixteen words, including rain, spray, crayon, chained, pancake and holiday, and write each one under ai, ay or a-e. The column headings remind them that ai usually sits in the middle of a word and ay at the end. On page 2 they say which word was hardest to place and think of one new word for each spelling. The answer page gives the full sort and notes on likely tricky words such as crayon. It follows the England National Curriculum for Year 1 phonics.
