Let’s practice the short a vowel sounds words! Five CVC short a words to practice: yam, ram, ham, Sam, and jam.
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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.
Let’s practice the short a vowel sounds words! Five CVC short a words to practice: yam, ram, ham, Sam, and jam.
Help your kindergartener build the reading skills with these excellent ag word family activities. Kindergarten students will practice identifying short vowel words from the ag word family. Cut out cards from the second page, and let her sort images and words into two categories.
With this worksheet, kids learn to read, trace and build the word GET. Kids practice identifying the short medial vowel in the word and practice ET family words. Kids cut out cards and the bottom of the page and paste the letters to build a word.
In this short a vowel worksheet, kids will learn to read, trace, write and identify the medial sound. Great for beginner readers!
This historian reading passage is perfect for second-grade students. Students are instructed to read the story about Historian Henry and answer questions.
What word has a short ă sound? With this worksheet, your child will improve her reading skills and practice the -am word family.
This quarterback reading passage is perfect for second-grade students. Students are instructed to read the story and answer questions.
Boost your kindergartener reading readiness with these fantastic short vowels a worksheet. Here, she will get lots of hands-on practice!
Planning a lesson on short CVC words? Here is a great resource. Bright and eye-catching flashcards are perfect for introducing new words.
AM word family flashcards help children learn to read, identify initial, medial, and ending sounds and increase vocabulary. Words: ram, jam, swam, ham, tram, clam, slam, yam.
This railway employee reading passage is perfect for second-grade students. Students are instructed to read the story and answer questions.
Help your kindergartener get more confident with her reading skills. Word families encourage students to see letter-sound patterns.
This spelling dictionary is excellent for practicing am family words! Let your student first read the word, trace, spell and write.
This x-ray inspector reading passage is perfect for second-grade students. Students are instructed to read the story and answer questions.
If your kindergartener needs help identifying short a words, try this worksheet and get lots of hands-on practice. Free short a printables!
The ap word family worksheet is excellent for reviewing short a words. Kids are encouraged to read, build and write short a words.
Looking for activities for words with short a sounds? With this worksheet, kids will practice the short vowel word CAP.
This colorful classroom poster covers the word family ap and includes five CVC words: tap, cap, gap, nap, and map.
With these short a sound words with picture cards, kids will look at the picture and find another one from the same word family.
Learning words with short a vowel is one of the first steps in phonics instruction. Learning to identify the word family can be so fun.
Looking for an word family activities for your next class? Here is a great one! Sort out the an word family cards.
This frog life cycle worksheet introduces first- and second-grade students to the life cycle. Great for science centers!
With this worksheet, kids will practice the short a vowel sound and learn the word GAP. You will find here lots of hands-on activities.
Looking for a short a words worksheets for your next lesson? Check out this worksheet full of hands-on activities!
Looking for short a sound worksheets? Here is an excellent one for your next lesson. Let’s learn in a fun way.
This musician reading passage is perfect for second-grade students. Students are instructed to read the story about Musician Morgan and answer questions.
Looking for short a sound worksheets? Here is a great one for your next class. With this worksheet, kids will practice the short vowel word.
AP word family flashcards help children learn to read, identify initial, medial, and ending sounds and increase vocabulary. Words: clap, map, nap, cap, wrap, gap, trap, tap.
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