Vowel Combinations with a
Accented Syllable
From the Text
Fluency
Vocabulary
100

subway

What is ay?

100

dawdle

What is daw?

100

An underground tunnel filled with trains.

What is subway?

100

We pause at this.

What is punctuation?

100
To amuse; to give attention to.

What is entertain?

200

detail

What is ai?

200

haughty

What is haugh?

200

This word means not following the law, being sneaky.

What is corrupt?

200

Name one thing that is needed in order to read fluently.

What is accuracy, expression, a good pace?

200

To keep in a state of good repair.

What is maintain?

300

applause

What is au?

300

audible

What is au?

300

This is the name of the person who created the secret subway.

What is Alfred Beach?

300

A group of words.

What is a phrase?
300

To get something.

What is obtain?

400

stawberry

What is aw?

400

altitude

What is al?

400

The year that the new subway opened.

What is 1870?

400

This is a way we track our fluency in lessons.  

What is a graph?

400

To hold back; to take into custody.

What is detain?

500

daughter

What is augh?

500

unlawful

What is law?

500

This is the reason the crooked city leaders did not want Alfed Beach to build a subway.

What is they wanted to create a trolley system above the streets to make them more money?

500

The ultimate goal of reading fluently is to make our reading sound like this.

What is speaking?

500

To keep in possession; to hold onto.

What is retain?