This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AT word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: bat, hat, sat, fat, cat, mat, pat.

Model how to say the short ‘a’ sound in isolation and in words; have students practice saying the sound.
Ask the class to brainstorm words that begin with the short ‘a’ sound such as “apple” and “alligator;” have them brainstorm CVC words that contain the short ‘a’ sound such as “hat” and “cap;” use their ideas to create an anchor chart they can refer to.
Use word families to reinforce the short ‘a’ sound; ask students to generate a list of words from the “at” or “ad” family such as “bat” or “had”.
Provide practice activities such as circling all the pictures that contain the short ‘a’ sound.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AT word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: bat, hat, sat, fat, cat, mat, pat.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AD word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: lad, mad, sad, glad, bad, dad, pad.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AB word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: gab, dab, cab, stab, lab, tab, crab.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AN word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: can, man, fan, scan, plan, van, ran.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AM word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: slam, yam, jam, tram, swam, ram, clam.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AG word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: drag, tag, wag, sag, flag, stag, rag.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best AP word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: trap, tap, map, wrap, nap, clap, gap.
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