Name a relative
High Frequency Words
Long Vowel Sounds
ai or ay
Why is there an <e>?
100

Name a relative of count. 

counts, counting, counted, miscounted, recount

100

Why does love end with an e?

No english word ends with a v. 

100

Name all the graphemes you know for long a. 

ai, ay, a-e 

100

plai or play

play

100

Why does me end with an e. 

e can say its name at the end of a word. 

200

Name a relative of light. 

lights, lighting, lightless, lighter

200

Why does my end with a y?

No English words ends with an i. 

200

Name all the graphemes you know for long e. 

ea, ee, e-e

200

rain or rayn

rain

200

Why does cake end with an e. 

The e marks the vowel as long. 
300

Name a relative of bloom. 

blooms, blooming, bloomed, rebloom

300
What kinds of words start with a wh. 

What are question words?

who, what, when, where, why

300

Name all the graphemes you know for long i. 

y, igh, i-e

300

stai or stay 

stay

300

Why does strike end with an e?

To mark the vowel as long. 

400

Name a relative of please. 

pleases, pleasing, pleasure, pleased

400

What is your favorite high frequency word?

Answer varies. 

400

Name all the graphemes you know for long o. 

oa, o-e, ow

400

train or trayn

train

400

Why does give end with an e?

No English words ends with a v.

500

Name a relative of sun. 

sunny, sunnier, sunniest

500

Why is there an l in should, would and could?

To mark the history of the word. 

shall should

will would 

500

Name all the graphemes you know for long u. 

u-e

500

complain or complayn

complain

500

Why does please end with an e? 

So that it doesn't look like a plural.