4

The /ā/ Sound

 My Dog
My dog is very playful
Constantly wagging his
tail.
 One day, he
decided
to jump over the
rail.
 Poor dog!
He didn’t realize,
He stepped on a
nail.
Read the italicized words.

playful
tail
Read the italicized words.

rail
nail
Read the italicized words.

day
 a
Words

ape
 cane
Words

plane
 made
Words

slave
 ay
Words

play
 tray
Words

clay
 say
Words

day
Words

ai
main
 quail
Words

rail
 plain
Words

jail
Words

ei
eight
Words

neighbor
weigh
 veil
Words

vein
Words

ea
great
 steak
Words

break
Phrases

a vase of
daisies
Phrases

a veil of
lace
Phrases

paint
the gate
Phrases

a great
tale
Phrases

to play with
a chain
Phrases

to sail in
the lake
Phrases

ate the
cake
Phrases

to pray
everyday
Read the group of words.

May is busy
playing with
her clay.
Read the group of words.

I finished a
plate of baked
beans today.
Read the group of words.

The quail was

kept in a tiny
cage.
Read the group of words.

The waiter
arranged the plate
on a gray tray.
Read the group of words.

Our neighbor
Kate came late
again.
 mate
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/ā/
/ă/ mat
Read the pair of words.

/ā/ bait
/ă/ bat
 rate
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/ā/
/ă/ rat
 rain
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/ā/
/ă/ ran
 cane
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/ā/
/ă/ can
 main
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/ā/
/ă/ man
 fate
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/ā/
/ă/ fat
 nape
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/ā/
/ă/ nap
 paste
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/ā/
/ĕ/ pest
 gate
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/ā/
/ĕ/ get
 fail
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/ā/
/ĕ/ fell
 raid
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/ā/
/ĕ/ red
 vase
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/ā/
/ĕ/ vest
 tail
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/ā/
/ĕ/ tell
 sail
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/ā/
/ĕ/ sell
 lace
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/ā/
/ĕ/ less
 The Fox and the Grapes

One day, a fox was

running along a dusty
road.
He was hot and thirsty.
Soon he saw some
grapes hanging on a
vine in a garden nearby.
 “How I wish I
could get some of
those grape!” said
the fox.
He jumped again
and again but he
still could not get
them.”
 At last he had to
give up.
“ I do not like sour
grapes!”
 We sometimes
pretend that the
things we can’t
have are not good!