Play in the Rain: AI and AY Decodable Reader

Practice the heart words on the cover first, since they cannot be sounded out yet. Read the book together, pointing under each word, then let the child read it again on their own and color the pictures. Finish with the Read and Find page, and staple the pages into a little book to read at home.

8 pages: a cover and 7 printable pages. Page 1: It is a gray day. Page 2: Kay is sad. It is wet. Page 3: Kay and Jay wait. Page 4: Jay spots a snail on the rail. Page 5: Kay and Jay play in the rain! Page 6: It is the best day! Read and Find: read gray, day, play, Kay, Jay, wait, snail and rain, then circle the story word in four rows.

Yes. We made it for 1st Grade decodable readers, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

Digraphs sh, ch, th, ck and ng, l, r, s and ending blends, long a, i, o and u with silent e, and the vowel teams ee and ea, ai and ay, and oa and ow.

Each book has 8 pages: a cover with the sound and the heart words, six story pages with one or two sentences and a picture to color, and a Read and Find page.

Follow your phonics lessons: digraphs first, then blends, silent e and vowel teams. Read each book several times before moving on, so the pattern becomes automatic.

Print the pages, have the child color the pictures, and staple them together in order behind the cover.