This worksheet helps young students read words by using chunks. Students break down OW family words. They apply these skills to read each word aloud.
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Word Family Worksheets & Printables
Here you find a collection of word families worksheets for elementary school students. They are great for practicing reading comprehension, spelling, and writing and will be an excellent addition to your lesson!
For young learners, begin with simple word families such as “at” and “ot” where the vowel sounds are easier to hear.
Co-create anchor charts for each word family; consider using a separate color or highlighting the common letter pattern in each word.
Progress to creating word families with vowel sounds that may not be as easily recognized, such as “an” and “am”.
Support the concept of word families by incorporating rhyming activities into your program; for example, use poems, nursery rhymes, and books and have students chime in during rhyming parts.
For older students, focus on more complex letter patterns and create word families for sounds such as “oat” and “ain”.
Beginning readers and writers can increase their repertoire of known words through their knowledge of word families (e.g., if you know “cat,” you also know “hat”).
Word families can help students use the reading strategy of chunking; instead of sounding out words letter by letter, they can “chunk” letters together that combine to make a sound (e.g., instead of sounding out ‘c-a-t’ students can say ‘c-at’); this strategy helps students sound out words more quickly and promotes fluency.
Knowledge of word families can support students in both their reading and writing.
This worksheet helps young students read words by using chunks. Students break down OW family words. They apply these skills to read each word aloud.
With this sight word BEST play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word BEST in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word CUT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word CUT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word GOT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word GOT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word HOT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word HOT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word JUMP play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word JUMP in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word MAY play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word MAY in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this IGword family activity. Spelling words: fig, wig, dig, pig.
With this sight word BLACK play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word BLACK in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word GET play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word GET in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word HAD play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word HAD in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word HIM play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word HIM in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word RUN play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word RUN in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word SIT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word SIT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word SIX play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word SIX in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word TEN play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word TEN in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best UN word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: run, sun, fun, stun, gun, spun, nun.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this APword family activity. Spelling words: map, tap, cap, nap.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this ENword family activity. Spelling words: men, ten, hen, pen.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this INword family activity. Spelling words: fin, win, bin, pin.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this IPword family activity. Spelling words: hip, zip, dip, lip.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this OBword family activity. Spelling words: job, rob, cob, mob.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this OGword family activity. Spelling words: hog, log, dog, jog.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this UBword family activity. Spelling words: tub, sub, cub, rub.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this UGword family activity. Spelling words: hug, rug, bug, mug.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this UMword family activity. Spelling words: hum, yum, gum, mum.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this UNword family activity. Spelling words: fun, sun, bun, nun.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this UTword family activity. Spelling words: hut, gut, cut, nut.
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