Learn to Spell: -ay words

Ages 5–7 · 6 minutes · English

Practice spelling -ay words like way, play and tray!

Students can build their intermediate spelling skills by practicing spelling words with the -ay pattern such as way, pay, stay, clay, play and tray.

Prior experience with basic spelling is recommended.

Part of

Learn to Spell 2

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.a — Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Alabama

ELA21.1.31f — With prompting and support, encode words with the common vowel teams and diphthongs.
ELA21.1.31 — Apply knowledge of grade-appropriate phoneme-grapheme correspondences and spelling rules (or generalizations) to encode words accurately.
ELA21.2.38g — Encode words with the common vowel teams, including diphthongs.
ELA21.1.31e — Encode words with vowel-consonant-_e_ syllable patterns.
ELA21.2.10e — Decode and encode words with variable vowel teams and vowel diphthongs.

Alaska

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Arizona

1.WF.3.a.4 — Long vowel patterns spelled correctly, including VCe (Vowel-Consonant-silent e) (e.g., came, like), common vowel teams (e.g., boat, play, wait, see, team, right), and open syllables (e.g., go, cry).
1.WF.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words.
1.WF.3.a — Spell common, regular, single-syllable words using:

Arkansas

1.FR.19.PE — Encode one-syllable words with the most common spellings for final long vowel sounds (e.g., say, play, cry, why, tree, snow).
1.FR.6.PD — Decode one-syllable words with common vowel teams (e.g., rain, play; seed, beach; high, pie; boat, snow, toe; book; new, moon).
1.FR.17.PE — Encode one-syllable words with initial or medial VCe patterns (e.g., use, lake, slime, choke, these).

California

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Colorado

RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.3-EO.c.iii — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RWC20-GR.1-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.v — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.c.iv — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.3-EO.b.i — Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

Connecticut

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.2.3.a — Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Delaware

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Florida

ELA.1.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Decode words using knowledge of spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs, trigraphs, and blends. • Decode simple words with r-controlled vowels. • Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words. • Decode words with inflectional endings. • Decode two-syllable words with regular patterns by breaking the words into syllables. • Decode words that use final –e and vowel teams to make long-vowel sound.
ELA.1.C.3.1 — Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Georgia

ELAGSE1L2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
ELAGSE1RF3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
ELAGSE2L2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
ELAGSE2RF3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
ELAGSEKRF3.c — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Hawaii

1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
1.RF.3c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
2.RF.3b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
K.RF.3d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Idaho

1.FR.PH.3c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds (e.g., ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, and oe).
1.GC.M.3a — Use conventional spelling for words with common, taught spelling patterns and frequently occurring irregular words.
1.FR.PH.3b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
1.GC.M.3 — Use knowledge of spelling in writing.
1.FR.PA.2a — Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

Illinois

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Indiana

1.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing the first word of a sentence, dates, names of people, and the pronoun I. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, and exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using commas in dates and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Spelling unknown words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. II. Correctly spelling words with common spelling patterns. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration
1.RF.5 — Use letter-sound knowledge of single consonants (hard and soft sounds), short and long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs, vowel teams (e.g., ai) and digraphs, and r-controlled vowels to decode phonetically regular words (e.g., cat, go, black, boat, her), independent of context. (E)
1.RF.6 — Decode one-syllable words in the major syllable types (CVC, CVr, V, VV, VCe), independent of context. (E)

Iowa

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words with final-e (VCe) patterns. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with common vowel team patterns that represent long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics, which includes word analysis skills to support decoding and encoding words.
RF.1.2.a — Distinguish long from short vowel phonemes (sounds) in single-syllable words.

Kansas

RF.2.3.e — Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences (e.g., -ay, -igh).
W.1.11.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently-occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team patterns for representing long vowel sounds.
W.2.11.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.

Kentucky

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Orally distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Louisiana

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Maine

L.2.1.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
R.3.1.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
R.3.2.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
R.3.K.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Maryland

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Massachusetts

L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Michigan

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.1.2.a — Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

Minnesota

1.2.1.2 — Accurately spell words in common word families and high-frequency words; use phonetic spelling for other words.
1.1.1.2.b — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: decode regularly spelled one-syllable words including final e and vowel teams, consonant digraphs and diphthongs, and inflectional suffixes and two-syllable words that follow six-syllable types, demonstrating both accuracy and automaticity.
2.1.1.2.a — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: know the spelling-sound correspondences for the common vowel graphemes.

Mississippi

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.1.2.a — Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

Missouri

1.L.1.B.e — spell words using regular spelling patterns
1.RF.3.A.b — identifying letters for the spelling of short and long vowels
1.RF.2.A.b — distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds
1.RF.3.A.e — combining sounds from letters and common spelling patterns to create and decode recognizable words
1.L.1.B.f — spell words phonetically using phonemic awareness and spelling knowledge

Montana

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Nebraska

LA.1.F.3.d — Decode and encode final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
LA.1.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding (spelling) words.
LA.1.F.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
LA.1.FW.2 — Demonstrate sound-letter concepts when writing.
LA.K.F.3.e — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Nevada

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

New Hampshire

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

New Jersey

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.1.3.d — Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words

New Mexico

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

New York

1L2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (See Notes for grade-band conventions.)
1RF3b — Decode long vowel sounds in regularly spelled one-syllable words (e.g., final –e conventions and common vowel teams).
2RF3a — Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words (including common vowel teams).
1RF3c — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

North Carolina

L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.
RF.1.4.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.4.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.K.4.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

North Dakota

2.F.9b — vowel teams
1.F.8g — vowel teams
1.F.9c — silent e

Ohio

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Oklahoma

2.2.SE.1 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: a. digraphs b. trigraphs c. vowel digraphs d. r-controlled *sequential skills
1.2.SE.1 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: a. consonants b. short vowels c. digraphs d. consonant blends e. vowel-consonant-silent e
1.2.W.4 — Students will correctly spell grade-level, highly decodable words (e.g., cup, like, cart) and common, irregularly spelled sight words (e.g., the) while editing using resources as needed.
1.2.PWS.1 — Students will decode one-syllable phonetically-regular words by using their knowledge of the following phonics skills: a. single consonants (e.g., b = /b/, f = /f/, t = /t/) b. short vowel sounds (i.e., ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ) c. consonant blends (e.g., bl, br, cr) d. consonant digraphs and trigraphs (e.g., sh, tch) e. vowel-consonant-silent e (e.g., lake) f. r-controlled vowels (i.e., ar, er, ir, or, ur) g. vowel digraphs (e.g., ea, oa, ee)

Oregon

1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
1.RF.3c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
1.RF.3b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
2.L.2d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.1.1.D — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Identify common consonant diagraphs, final-e, and common vowel teams. • Decode one- and two-syllable words with common patterns. • Read grade-level words with inflectional endings. • Read grade- appropriate irregularly spelled words.
CC.1.4.1.F — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.
CC.1.4.1.L — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.
CC.1.1.1.C — Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). • Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words. • Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken and written words. • Orally produce single-syllable words, including consonant blends and digraphs. • Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single- syllable words. • Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in one- syllable words to make new words.
CC.1.4.1.R — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.

Rhode Island

L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

South Carolina

ELA.1.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words. (FK -1.3-2.18 LF BR-430)
ELA.1.F.3.8 — Decode and encode words using: a. onset/rime; b. consonant blends (i.e., initial and final); c. consonant digraphs (i.e., ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ck); d. trigraphs (e.g., -tch, -dge)*; e. combination (i.e., qu); f. VCe; g. vowel r (e.g., ar, er, ir, or, ur); h. common inflectional endings that do not change the base word (e.g., -s, -ed); i. contractions with am, is, has, and not; j. hard and soft sounds of c and g (c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y; g=/g/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y) *; k. vowel y in the final position of one- and two-syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words, and words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /ĭ/ sound (e.g., fly-my; baby-happy, myth-gym) *; l. words that follow the -ild, -ost, -old, -olt, and -ind patterns (e.g., mild, host, fold, jolt, kind); m. silent letter combinations (e.g., kn, wr, mb, gh, gn) *; n. words with final /f/, /l/, and /s/ sounds in one-syllable base words by doubling the final consonant when it follows a short vowel sound (e.g., cliff, hill, pass); and o. words with final /v/ sound, using knowledge that no English word ends with a v. (e.g. have, give, save).
ELA.2.F.3.8 — Decode and encode multisyllabic words using: a. consonant digraphs (i.e., sh, th, ch, wh, ph, ck); b. combination (e.g., qu); c. three-consonant blends (e.g., str-, scr-); d. blends containing digraphs (e.g., thr-, -nch); e. trigraphs (e.g., -tch, -dge); f. variable vowel teams and vowel diphthongs (i.e., oi, oy; ou, ow; au, aw; oo, ew, ue; ee, ea; igh, ie; ai, ay); g. vowel-r combinations (i.e., ar, air, are, ear, eer, er, ere, eir, ir, or, oar, ore, our, ur); h. common inflectional endings that may change the base word (e.g., -ed, -ing, -s, -es); i. words with a after w read /ä/ and a before l read /â/ (e.g., wash, water, wasp; tall, all, talk, small, fall); j. words with the hard and soft sounds of c and g, in context and in isolation. (c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y g=/g/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y); k. words with vowel y in the final position of one- and two-syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words; l. words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /ĭ/ sound for these words (e.g., fly-my; baby-happy; myth-gym); m. words with silent letter combinations. (e.g., kn, wr, gn, mb, gh); and n. contractions with am, is, has, not, have, would, and will.

South Dakota

1.L.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
1.RF.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
1.RF.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Tennessee

1.FL.WC.4.b — Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common vowel spelling patterns including CVCe, common vowel teams, final -y, and r-controlled vowels.
1.FL.PWR.3.c — Know the final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds, including r controlled vowels.
1.FL.WC.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.
K.FL.PWR.3.e — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the letters that differ.

Texas

1.2C.i — spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;
1.2C.iii — spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
1.2C — demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

Utah

1.R.3.b — With prompting and support, identify and begin reading and spelling words with all six syllable types (i.e., open, closed, CVCe, vowel team, vowel-r, consonant -le).
1.R.3 — Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.

Vermont

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Virginia

1.FFW.2.C — Encode (spell) unfamiliar words by recognizing and applying taught word patterns.
1.LU.2.C — Use conventional spelling of words with commonly taught spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
1.FFR.3.C — Use letter-sound correspondences to decode words containing common vowel teams and rcontrolled vowels.
2.FFR.3.B — Decode and encode words with vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.

Washington, D.C.

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

West Virginia

ELA.1.37.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
ELA.1.II.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
ELA.1.II.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
ELA.2.II.a — Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Wisconsin

ELA.1.L.6.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and draw on phonological awareness and spelling conventions to spell other words phonetically. Related to Reading Foundational standards (RF.1.3).
ELA.1.RF.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds (Examples include but are not limited to: ai, ay, oa, ea, ee, ie, ue, ow).
ELA.1.RF.3.b — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words (e.g., cat, fox, bet, cup, fit, etc.).
ELA.K.RF.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
ELA.1.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Wyoming

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.3.d — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.