-ai flashpack

Ages 6–8 · 5 minutes · English

Use flashcards to practice intermediate spelling words with the -ai pattern

Use flashcards to master spelling words like rain, pain, snail, brain, mail, nail, grain and chain. Help Stuart the Snail get to the finish line!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Alabama

ELA21.1.31f — With prompting and support, encode words with the common vowel teams and diphthongs.
ELA21.2.38g — Encode words with the common vowel teams, including diphthongs.
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.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Arizona

2.WF.2.a.2 — Vowels: /o/ = o, o_e, oa, ow (long o) /a/ = a, a_e, ai, ay, eigh (long a)
2.WF.3.a — Spell on-level, regular, single-syllable words that include:
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).
2.WF.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words.
2.WF.3.a.2 — Complex consonant blends (e.g., scr, str, squ).

Arkansas

2.FR.13.PE — Encode one-syllable words with common vowel teams (e.g., rain, pay; beach; high, pie; boat, snow, toe; book; new, moon).
1.FR.20.PE — Encode words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

California

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Colorado

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.2-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.iv — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (for example: cage → badge; boy → boil).
RWC20-GR.2-S.2-GLE.3-EO.a.ii — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

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.
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.

Delaware

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

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

ELAGSE2L2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.
ELAGSE2RF3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Hawaii

1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
2.L.2d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

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.
2.FR.PH.3a — Know spelling-sound correspondences for common short and long vowel teams (e.g., head, hook, boat, weigh) including diphthongs (e.g., toil, cloud).

Illinois

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

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
2.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing greetings, months and days of the week, titles and initials in names, and proper nouns, including holidays and geographic names. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, or exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using an apostrophe to form contractions and singular possessive nouns. III. Using commas in greetings and closings of letters, dates, and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Correctly spelling words with short and long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, and consonant-blend patterns. II. Generalizing learned spelling patterns (e.g., word families) when writing words. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration
2.RF.2 — Apply knowledge of short and long vowels (including vowel teams) when reading regularly-spelled, one-syllable words.

Iowa

RF.2.3.b — Decode and encode common vowel teams. With prompting and support, decode and encode additional vowel teams.
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Kansas

RF.2.3.b — Know correspondences for additional common vowel teams (e.g., steak).
W.2.11.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.
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.

Kentucky

L.2.2.d — Generalize spelling patterns.
RF.2.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
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.

Louisiana

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.

Maine

L.2.1.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Maryland

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

Minnesota

2.2.1.2 — Apply spelling patterns and rules to spell words with consonant and vowel digraphs and diphthongs, six syllable types, and inflectional suffixes authentically in writing.
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.
1.2.1.2 — Accurately spell words in common word families and high-frequency words; use phonetic spelling for other words.

Mississippi

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Missouri

1.L.1.B.e — spell words using regular spelling patterns
1.L.1.B.f — spell words phonetically using phonemic awareness and spelling knowledge
1.RF.3.A.b — identifying letters for the spelling of short and long vowels
2.RF.3.A.e — decoding words with vowel digraphs

Montana

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.
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.

Nebraska

LA.1.F.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
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.a — Decode and encode words using knowledge of sound-spelling correspondence for common consonant digraphs, tri-graphs, and blends.

Nevada

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

New Hampshire

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

New Jersey

L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
RF.2.3.a — Know spelling-sound correspondences for common vowel teams.
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.

New Mexico

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

New York

2L2 — 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).
1L2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (See Notes for grade-band conventions.)

North Carolina

RF.1.4.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
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.2.4.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
RF.1.4.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

North Dakota

2.F.9b — vowel teams
2.F.9 — Encode words with phoneme-grapheme correspondences:
2.F.8a — vowel teams

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.
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.

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
2.2.W.4 — Students will correctly spell grade-level words while editing using resources as needed.
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.

Oregon

1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
2.L.2d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing 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.

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.1.4.2.F — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize proper nouns. • Use commas and apostrophes appropriately. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns. • Consult reference material as needed.

Rhode Island

L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.e — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

South Carolina

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.
ELA.2.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words. (FK 1.98-5.34 LF 420-820)

South Dakota

1.L.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
2.L.2.e — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
2.RF.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
1.RF.3.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

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.
2.FL.WC.4.a — Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words including position-based patterns, complex consonant blends, less common vowel teams for long vowels, vowel-r combinations, contractions, homophones, plurals, and possessives.
1.FL.PWR.3.c — Know the final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds, including r controlled vowels.

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
2.2C.i — spelling one-syllable and multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;

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.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.

Virginia

2.FFR.3.B — Decode and encode words with vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.
2.FFW.2.A — Use phoneme-grapheme (sound/symbol correspondence to encode (spell) single-syllable words containing closed syllables (cvc, ccvc, cvcc, and ccvcc), open syllables (cv, ccv), vowel-consonant-e (cvce, ccvce), vowel teams, and r-controlled vowels.
1.FFW.2.C — Encode (spell) unfamiliar words by recognizing and applying taught word patterns.
2.LU.2.C — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.

Washington

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

Washington, D.C.

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

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.2.37.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage / badge; boy / boil).
ELA.1.II.c — Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
ELA.2.II.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

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.2.L.6.d — Use common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and basic reference materials to solve words.
ELA.2.RF.3.b — Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
ELA.1.RF.3.b — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words (e.g., cat, fox, bet, cup, fit, etc.).

Wyoming

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.2.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
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.