Toons Ay

The ay
Family Set
Written by Cherry Carl

Illustrated by Ron Leishman
Images©Toonaday.com/Toonclipart.com
ay Word Family List
bay may stay
bray nay stray
clay pay sway
day play* tray
gray pray way
hay ray
lay say
Ouch!
(ay)
(Tune: Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow)
I saw a hermit crab today.
It didn’t stop to stay and play.
Instead it reached right out to grab
my toe and then it ran away!
So if you see a crab today,
you’d better not get in its way!
It only wants to grab your toe.
It doesn’t want to stay and play!

Hop! Hop! Hop!
(ay)
(Tune: Miss Polly Had a Dolly)
Hopscotch is a game that I love to play.

I love to play it almost every day.
I hop to the end and I turn around,
and I keep one foot way above the ground.
I say my numbers and I hop, hop, hop!
There’s the recess bell! Do I have to stop?
Yes, this is a game that I love to play.
I’ll be back out to play on another day!
Squish, Squash, Squiggle, Squirt
(ay)
(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
It's a rainy day,

time for puddly play!
Squish, squash,
squiggle, squirt,
under skies of gray.
Squeeze mud between your toes.
Squirt them with a hose.
Squish, squash,
squiggle, squirt.
Now go and change your clothes!
Cut and Paste: ay
okay clay
play x-ray
tray pay
lay spray
Circle and Write
Look at the picture in each box. Circle the word that matches the picture. Write the
word on the lines.
1.
pay
play
2.
say
spray
3.
play
pray
4.
tray
they
5.
exit
x-ray
More Circle and Write
Say the name of each picture. Read the words and circle the word that names the
picture. Write the word under the picture. Make a picture for the last word.
You may need to use the dictionary.
pray play pray pay toy tray
spin spray stray stay okay key
play plan exit x-ray
day
Finish and Write
Say the name of each picture. If the picture belongs in the –ay family and rhymes
with play, add –ay to finish writing the word.
cl l p
str x-r tr
r pl spr
X’s and O’s
Directions for teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends

with the -ay rime. They make an x on each picture that does not end
with the -ay rime.
More X’s and O’s
Directions to teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with

the –ay rime and write the word in the box. If the picture does not end with
the -ay rime, students make an x over the picture.
See, Say, Spell and Write
birthday
Cloze the Gap: ay
Read the following sentences, saying the word “play”
when you come to a blank space. Use words from the ay
family to fill in the blanks and make sense. Reread your
sentences to double check your choices!
1. When I was in kindergarten, I got to play with .
2. His dog knows how to sit and how to .
3. My big sister uses too much hair .
4. What game do you want to after school?
5. Don’t forget to take your lunch back to the
cafeteria.
6. You can get stung by a at the beach.
7. It’s fun to jump in the pile of at the farm.
8. Some people drive too fast on the .
9. What is it today?
10. Christmas is my favorite .
11. Our airplane sat in line on the .
Word Bank
stay clay holiday tray hay runway
day spray freeway play stingray

Score With Scrabble!
SCORE
spray
stray
away
decay
delay
display
highway
railway
stairway
stingray
today
weekday
Definition Derby: ay
Read each –ay family word in the first column. Find the correct definition and
write the matching letter next to the word (see sample). Write each word in a
sentence.
Word Sentence Definition

1. bay d We like to see the song called, “Down a. opposite of night
By the Bay.”
2. bray b. might or perhaps
will; fifth month
3. clay c. dried grasses fed
to farm animals
4. day d. part of an ocean or
lake that is partly
surrounded by land
5. gray e. to give money for
something
6. hay f. to squirt or apply a
mist
7. may g. have fun; a theater
performance
8. pay h. the sound of a
donkey
9. play i. earth baked and
dried to make
pottery and bricks
10. say j. remain in one place;
opposite of go
11. spray k. to speak or
pronounce words
12. stay l. color made by
mixing black and
white
Crossword Puzzle: ay
1 2 3 4
9 10 11
12
Across Down
2. shower or squirt water or mist 1. to give money to buy something
7. color made from black and white 2. a command for a dog
8. something we do for fun 3. a beam of sunlight
9. to move back and forth 4. soil used for making pottery
12. a spring month 5. a lost or homeless dog or cat
6. Waiters carry food on one.
8. a homophone for prey.
10. This is the we go to work.
11. to place or put something down
Word Bank
may pay lay way gray stay sway
tray clay play stray pray spray ray
play
clay
pay
spray
tray
x-ray
pray
bray
Hee
Haw!
subway
display
stray
okay
okay
lay
ay Partner Puzzles
Print the Partner Puzzle on vellum. Laminate for durability or print in gray scale for children to cut, color and glue.
pl ay p ay
str ay tr ay
spr ay cl ay
ay Words and Pictures for Sorts and Stuff
-ay Pictures and Words -ay Pictures and Words
stray
clay
tray
pay
Hee
bray
Haw!
play
x-ray
subway
spray
display
lay
ray stay
stingray sway
way lay
away may
birthday freeway
ay Family Word Slide
ay
ay Family Word Slide

(Sound Blending)
Print on vellum, cut, and laminate for durability. Cut the top and bottom slits to the left
of the rime chunk for the slide. Model proper use for students: blending to form and
say new words.
b l sl
br m spr
cl p st
d pl str
fr pr sw
gr r tr
h s w

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Written by Cherry Carl

I saw a hermit crab today.

It didn’t stop to stay and play.

Instead it reached right out to grab

my toe and then it ran away!

So if you see a crab today,

you’d better not get in its way!

It only wants to grab your toe.

It doesn’t want to stay and play!

Hopscotch is a game that I love to play.

It's a rainy day,

pray play pray pay toy tray

spin spray stray stay okay key

play plan exit x-ray

Directions for teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends

Directions to teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with

1. When I was in kindergarten, I got to play with .

2. His dog knows how to sit and how to .

3. My big sister uses too much hair .

4. What game do you want to after school?

5. Don’t forget to take your lunch back to the

6. You can get stung by a at the beach.

7. It’s fun to jump in the pile of at the farm.

8. Some people drive too fast on the .

10. Christmas is my favorite .

11. Our airplane sat in line on the .

day spray freeway play stingray

Word Sentence Definition

-ay Pictures and Words -ay Pictures and Words

ay Family Word Slide

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