Activities: Sounds, Letters, and Words (Alphabetics)
Word Families
Overview
Objective
The student will be able to create different words from the same word family.
Facilitation Tips
The teacher can choose a specific word family for students to work on or have the computer randomly pick the word families.
Levels
Level 1: Single letter and phonemes.
Level 2: Single and clustered letters and phonemes.
Advanced: You or the student chooses the word family on which to work. Category 1 contains two letters (e.g. _at, _in, _ot), while category 2 contains three or more letters (e.g. _est, _ick, _ight).
Activity Insights
What is Word Families?
This activity encourages students to look at patterns in words, helping them generalize from familiar to unfamiliar words.
Why do students struggle with Word Families?
Make sure that the student can visually differentiate between n & h, b & d, q & p and recognize hard g and c sounds. Also check that students have made meaningful letter to sound links. Finally, make sure students’ attention has not drifted.
How do I further support students?
Do extension activities in the classroom that encourage students to work with words families and identify words from a same family. Explain why and how these words are associated.
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The Dove and the Ant
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Related Activities
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Rhyme Matching
Same Word
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Resources
Activities: Sounds, Letters, and Words (Alphabetics)
Word Families
Objective
The student will be able to create different words from the same word family.
Facilitation Tips
The teacher can choose a specific word family for students to work on or have the computer randomly pick the word families.
Levels
Level 1: Single letter and phonemes.
Level 2: Single and clustered letters and phonemes.
Advanced: You or the student chooses the word family on which to work. Category 1 contains two letters (e.g. _at, _in, _ot), while category 2 contains three or more letters (e.g. _est, _ick, _ight).
Insights
What is Word Families?
This activity encourages students to look at patterns in words, helping them generalize from familiar to unfamiliar words.
Why do students struggle with Word Families?
Make sure that the student can visually differentiate between n & h, b & d, q & p and recognize hard g and c sounds. Also check that students have made meaningful letter to sound links. Finally, make sure students’ attention has not drifted.
How do I further support students?
Do extension activities in the classroom that encourage students to work with words families and identify words from a same family. Explain why and how these words are associated.
Linked Stories
Darryl! Don't Dawdle
Feelings
Henny Penny
How a Bean Sprouts
I Can Move Like a ...
The Dove and the Ant
The Frogs and the Well
The Little Red Hen
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Waterfall
When I Open my Eyes
Related Activities
If you notice your student struggling with this activity, suggest one of the following activities to further practice and reinforce the skill.
Basic Decoding
Rhyme Matching
Same Word
Tracking
Word Changing
Word Matching