State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will set up a bake sale and pretend to sell and buy cakes as they read and write long-a words such as pay, cake, bake, sale, make, paid, and plate.

Literacy Activities
Bake a cake

• Read the Make a Cake for a Bake Sale target text (see below) with the children; support as needed.
• Point out that words with ay, a_e, and ai all have a long-a sound.
• Have the children read words with a long-a sound (e.g., bake, make, take, shake, day, wait, fail).
• Let the children mix flour and water in a bowl, or use pictures of ingredients (see below).
• After the children mix the ingredients, have them draw a picture of cake on a paper plate.
• Have the children write cake, plate, and make a cake from dictation on their plate drawing.

Make signs and pretend to set up a cake sale

• Read the Sell Cakes at the Bake Sale and Take Home a Cake texts (see below).
• Support the children in writing bake sale signs (e.g., Tom’s Bake Sale, Emma’s Cake Shop, A Bake Sale, Pay for a Cake, Wait to Pay).
• Have the children read each other’s signs.
• Have the children pretend to pay for each other’s cake drawings.

Use word cards to sort long a words

• Using word cards (see below), have the children separate the words according to the spelling of the vowel. 
• Have the children write words spelled with ay, a_e, and ai from dictation.