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Grade 3 Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: Long A: eigh and ei

216 printable 3rd Grade phonics worksheets on Long A: eigh and ei. 6 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read. The first three are free to download; All Access opens all 216.

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Includes 6 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read, Sentence Scramble, Word Search.

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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Long A Eigh Ei — Crack The Code (Practice 1)
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Long A Eigh Ei — Crack The Code (Practice 2)
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Long A Eigh Ei — Crack The Code (Practice 3)
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Long A Eigh Ei — Crack The Code (Practice 4)
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Long A Eigh Ei — Crack The Code (Practice 5)
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Long A Eigh Ei — Crack The Code (Practice 6)
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Teaching Long A: eigh and ei

What it is

eigh and ei are the rare spellings of long a: eight, weigh, neighbor, vein, reindeer.

When a child is ready

Teach these last, after a_e, ai, and ay are automatic.

If they struggle

There are few of these words, so learn them as a short list to memorize rather than a rule to apply. Write them, read them, and use them in a sentence.

This skill in other grades: Grade 1 · Grade 2