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Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'ei' or 'ea'

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I can spell words with the ‘ay’ sound using ‘ei' or 'ea'.

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Common spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ay', 'a-e' and 'ai'. Alternative and rarer spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ei', 'eigh', 'ea', 'a' and 'ey'. When exploring words including the same phoneme, you often find homophones. Using the strategy 'big letters' is a useful practice strategy. Words in word families often have similar spellings.

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