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3rd Grade Long A: eigh and ei Worksheets

16 printable 3rd Grade phonics worksheets on Long A: eigh and ei. Every sheet has an answer key — 16 in all. 3 activity types: Fluency, Sort And Write, Word Hunt. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.

On these sheets: Long A — eigh and ei; Long A - eigh and ei. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 20 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 3. Every grade is on one page: Long Vowel Worksheets: Magic E and Vowel Teams.

What is in this set: Sort And Write (7), Word Hunt (7) and Fluency (2).

Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 3, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. Preview a reading week to see how its lessons run. See every program →

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Includes 3 activity types: Fluency, Sort And Write, Word Hunt.

Sort And Write 1: Long A — eigh and ei Free Worksheet 1 of 16
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Fluency 1 Free Worksheet 2 of 16
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Word Hunt 1: Long A — eigh and ei Free Worksheet 3 of 16
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Word Hunt 2: Long A - eigh and ei
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3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Sort And Write 2: Long A - eigh and ei
Sort And Write 2: Long A - eigh and ei All Access
3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Sort And Write 3: Long A - eigh and ei
Sort And Write 3: Long A - eigh and ei All Access
3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Word Hunt 3: Long A - eigh and ei
Word Hunt 3: Long A - eigh and ei All Access
3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Word Hunt 4: Long A - eigh and ei
Word Hunt 4: Long A - eigh and ei All Access
3rd Grade phonics worksheet — Sort And Write 4: Long A - eigh and ei
Sort And Write 4: Long A - eigh and ei All Access
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All 16 worksheets in this set

  • Sort And Write 1: Long A — eigh and ei Free PDF
  • Fluency 1 Free PDF
  • Word Hunt 1: Long A — eigh and ei Free PDF
  • Word Hunt 2: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Sort And Write 2: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Sort And Write 3: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Word Hunt 3: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Word Hunt 4: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Sort And Write 4: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Word Hunt 5: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Sort And Write 5: Long A — eigh and ei
  • Fluency 2
  • Word Hunt 6: Long A — eigh and ei
  • Sort And Write 6: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Sort And Write 7: Long A - eigh and ei
  • Word Hunt 7: Long A - eigh and ei

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

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