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.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word LAB by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AB word family lesson.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word GAB by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AB word family lesson.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word YAM by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AM word family lesson.
With this worksheet, kids develop phoneme categorization and segmentation skills when reading and writing AP family words: map, nap, cap, tap.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word CAN when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word JUMP when teaching or reviewing ending blends.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word NOT when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word RED when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word BLACK when teaching or reviewing beginning blends, ending consonant digraphs.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word BUT when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word DID when teaching or reviewing CVC words .
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word EAT when teaching or reviewing vowel digraphs.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word GET when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word RAN when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word SAY when teaching or reviewing vowel digraphs.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word WENT when teaching or reviewing ending blends.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word HIM when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word LET when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word MAY when teaching or reviewing vowel digraphs.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word BEST when teaching or reviewing ending blends.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word SIT when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word CUT when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word GOT when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word HOT when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
Orthographic mapping extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word. Include the word SIX when teaching or reviewing CVC words.
This sight word MAY worksheet encourages kids’ brains to look for patterns in the word MAY, extract the spelling and store it in long-term memory as a sight word.
This sight word CUT worksheet encourages kids’ brains to look for patterns in the word CUT, extract the spelling and store it in long-term memory as a sight word.
This sight word GOT worksheet encourages kids’ brains to look for patterns in the word GOT, extract the spelling and store it in long-term memory as a sight word.
This sight word HOT worksheet encourages kids’ brains to look for patterns in the word HOT, extract the spelling and store it in long-term memory as a sight word.
Use these clip cards to practice recognizing the word pattern. These cards are great for literacy centers and independent practicewords: leg, beg, Meg, and peg.
With this sight word BUT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word BUT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word EAT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word EAT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
With this sight word NOT play dough mat, kids learn how to read and spell the sight word NOT in a hands-on and interactive way. Great for literacy centers.
This EN family words activity is perfect for independent practice. Kids stretch out the words and write them in boxes. Words: pigpen, men, Ben, glen, pen, hen, ten, wren.
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.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best EN word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: Ben, pen, men, pigpen, wren, glen, ten.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best IP word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: ship, lip, hip, chip, chip, flip, trip.
Combining games with learning is a win-win situation. This OTE word family activity is ready-to-use in your spelling station!
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best ALE word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: whale, gale, tale, male, scale, kale, pale, sale.
This scrambled puzzle is one of the best OSE word family games that promotes critical thinking and spelling. Scrambled words: those, nose, pose, rose, chose, prose, hose, close.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this ABword family activity. Spelling words: dab, tab, cab, lab.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this ADword family activity. Spelling words: dad, mad, bad, sad.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this EDword family activity. Spelling words: fed, wed, bed, red.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this ETword family activity. Spelling words: net, vet, jet, pet.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this IDword family activity. Spelling words: hid, lid, bid, kid.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this ITword family activity. Spelling words: hit, pit, fit, kit.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this OPword family activity. Spelling words: hop, mop, cop, top.
Children spin a picture and spell the word in this OTword family activity. Spelling words: hot, pot, dot, lot.
Practice segmenting IG word family words and identifying the ending rime -ig. Children fluent in CVC words can practice more complex words.
This NUN worksheet has seven phonemic activities for kids to work on, allowing them to segment, read, and spell CVC words. This activity is perfect for your next lesson!
This GUN worksheet has seven phonemic activities for kids to work on, allowing them to segment, read, and spell CVC words. This activity is perfect for your next lesson!
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word CAB by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AB word family lesson.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word TAB by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AB word family lesson.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word PAD by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AD word family lesson.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word LAD by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AD word family lesson.
This worksheet builds the ability to quickly decode the word TAG by identifying its sounds letter by letter and blending them to read the word. Great for AG word family lesson.
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