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Long A
Common Spellings
of the Long A Sound
You will want to choose words from this list to read and spell;
some of these words include "special category" syllables
such as -ture and -gue.
Open Syllables -- high frequency words and words found in
content area texts
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| baby |
paper |
table |
nation |
| lady |
major |
radio |
April |
| cable |
label |
data |
fatal |
| apron |
potato |
tomato |
bakery |
| vacation |
hazy |
favor |
basic |
| basis |
maple |
staple |
ladle |
| shaky |
shaken |
taken |
forsaken |
| raven |
gracious |
spacious |
patient |
| navel |
bagel |
capable |
elevator |
| operator |
application |
compensation |
destination |
| education |
graduation |
congratulation |
information |
| refrigerator |
basin |
Asia |
labor |
| ratio |
slavery |
evaporation |
population |
| aphid |
fracas |
fragrant |
Mediterranean |
| adaptation |
administration |
approximation |
circulation |
| condensation |
immigration |
inauguration |
irrigation |
| investigation |
mutation |
organization |
ossification |
| oxidation |
pasteurization |
pollination |
qualitative |
| innovative |
biodegradable |
blamable |
debatable |
| inflatable |
inescapable |
classification |
acre |
Vowel- consonant-e: high frequency words and words found in
content area texts (also see 'vowel-consonant-e' syllable type)
| make |
take |
place |
name |
same |
| came |
page |
state |
date |
late |
| face |
waves |
space |
gave |
became |
| base |
plane |
game |
shape |
race |
| phrase |
case |
lake |
scale |
age |
| safe |
trade |
lane |
save |
indicate |
| escape |
refrigerate |
interstate |
grade |
wage |
| blockade |
concave |
decade |
membrane |
hibernate |
| earthquake |
hurricane |
insulate |
Crusades |
phase |
| cape |
calculate |
centigrade |
tolerate |
candidate |
AI: high frequency words and words found in content area texts
| wait |
contain |
explain |
paint |
rain |
| train |
main |
raise |
sail |
remains |
| plains |
straight |
tail |
afraid |
waived |
| claim |
obtain |
entertain |
chain |
aid |
| grain |
hail |
mainland |
brain |
terrain |
| cocaine |
trait |
strait |
campaign |
laissez faire |
| traitor |
trail |
aim |
frail |
pain |
| drain |
explain |
maintenance |
entertainment |
prevail |
| acquaint |
complain |
failure |
praise |
paid |
| available |
disclaimer |
moraine |
Spain |
Maine |
A Whole Lot Of AI Words
| Abstain |
acquaint |
aid |
aide |
ail |
| ailment |
aim |
aimless |
appertain |
appraisal |
| arraign |
ascertain |
assail |
assailant |
attain |
| avail |
available |
await |
bail |
bailiff |
| bailiwick |
bait |
bobtail |
bouillabaisse |
braid |
| brain |
braise |
braille |
caisson |
caitiff |
| campaign |
chain |
chaise |
chatelaine |
chilblain |
| claim |
cocaine |
complain |
complaisant |
constrain |
| constraint |
contain |
contrail |
curtail |
daily |
| dainty |
daisy |
declaim |
derail |
detail |
| detain |
disclaimer |
disdain |
domain |
drain |
| entail |
entertain |
entrails |
exclaim |
explain |
| fail |
failure |
fain |
faint |
faith |
| flail |
frail |
frailty |
gaiety |
gain |
| gait |
grain |
hail |
ingrain |
jail |
| lackadaisical |
laid |
lain |
legerdemain |
plaintiff |
| plaintive |
praise |
prevail |
proclaim |
ptomaine |
| quail |
quaint |
quatrain |
raid |
rail |
| raiment |
rain |
rainbow |
raise |
raisin |
| reclaim |
refrain |
regain |
remain |
restrain |
| retain |
retail |
sail |
saint |
slain |
| snail |
sprain |
staid |
stain |
straight |
| strain |
strait |
sustain |
swain |
tail |
| tailor |
taint |
terrain |
trail |
train |
| traipse |
trait |
traitor |
travail |
twain |
| upbraid |
vain |
waif |
wail |
wain |
| wainscot |
waist |
waive |
wassail |
wraith |
| Craig |
Elaine |
Gail |
Haiti |
Jamaica |
| Kuwait |
Maine |
Spain |
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AY: high frequency words and words found in content area texts
| way |
day |
may |
say |
play |
| away |
always |
today |
stay |
lay |
| pay |
maybe |
runaway |
array |
birthday |
| decay |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
| Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
ray |
mayor |
| bay |
display |
relay |
prayer |
player |
| crayon |
highway |
holiday |
subway |
yesterday |
Lots of AY words:
| affray |
airway |
allay |
always |
anyway |
array |
ashtray |
| away |
bay |
bayonet |
bays |
belay |
betray |
betrayal |
| birthday |
bray |
bricklayer |
byplay |
byway |
caraway |
castaway |
| chambray |
clay |
crayon |
crayfish |
crossways |
cutaway |
day |
| daydream |
daylight |
decay |
defray |
disarray |
dismay |
display |
| doomsday |
essay |
everyday |
expressway |
fairway |
faraway |
fay |
| flay |
foray |
fray |
freeway |
gainsay |
gangway |
gay |
| gray |
halfway |
hallway |
hay |
hayloft |
headway |
hearsay |
| heyday |
highwayman |
holiday |
hooray |
horseplay |
inlay |
interplay |
| jay |
jaywalk |
lay |
layer |
layette |
layman |
layoff |
| layover |
layperson |
leeway |
mainstay |
may |
maybe |
mayfly |
| mayflower |
mayhem |
mayonnaise |
mayor |
maypole |
mislay |
moray |
| nay |
nosegay |
nowadays |
okay |
outlay |
overlay |
overpay |
| parkway |
parlay |
pathway |
pay |
payment |
payoff |
play |
| playful |
playground |
playhouse |
playpen |
playwright |
portray |
pray |
| prayer |
quay |
ray |
rayon |
relay |
replay |
roundelay |
| say |
slay |
soothsay |
spay |
splay |
spray |
stay |
| stowaway |
stray |
subway |
sway |
today |
tray |
underway |
| unsay |
way |
wayfarer |
waylaid |
waylay |
wayside |
wayward |
| yesterday |
Bombay |
Dayton |
Dwayne |
Himalaya |
Malaysia |
Malay |
| Norway |
Paraguay |
Taylor |
Uruguay |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
| Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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EI: Common words -- vein, weight, eight, freight
| aweigh |
(chow) mein |
heir |
deign |
reign |
| eight |
eighteen |
eighty |
feint |
feign |
| peignor |
rein |
sleigh |
surveillance |
their |
| vein |
veil |
weigh |
Beirut |
freight |
| geisha |
heinous |
heiress |
heirloom |
inveigh |
| inveigle |
lei |
neighbor |
neighborhood |
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