Teaching word families helps students recognize “chunks” within a word and also builds phonemic awareness. When we teach these word chunks (aka as “phonograms”) we group words that have a similar pattern allowing students to read the words quickly by learning the pattern within the word. Because these words have a predictable pattern, often differing by only one sound, we say they all belong to a “word family”. As the words within the word family have the same ending, they all rhyme.
Students just love word family activities! Once they learn the word pattern, the words are easy to read! Sorting activities are perfect for introducing word families. You can either use word families with the same short vowel sound or a different short vowel sound. The Word Family Penguins activity is a great activity for introducing word families. You can easily differentiate the activity by choosing which word family to use and which words to use within the word family.
When you download this activity you will receive 21 word families printed on ice cubes and 200 colorful penguins with corresponding words. This activity is ideal for use during small group instruction or as an activity for your independent centers.
You can find the Word Family Penguins activity in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store.
Another favorite winter themed activity for learning and practicing word families is the Penguin Word Families activity. This activity contains 13 word family penguin templates with over 125 corresponding word family words! Again, be sure to differentiate this activity by choosing which and how many templates to use during your instruction.
The Penguin Word Families activity can also be found in my online TpT store.
The Make, Take and Teach Playful Penguins activity is perfect for use during small group instruction or as a literacy center activity for introducing and practicing word families. When you download this activity you will receive 15 word family winter scenes and 63 word family penguins. After sorting the pictures, we often have our students write the words on a dry erase board.
The Playful Penguins Word Families activity can also be found in my TpT store.
The Build a Snowman- Word Families activity rounds out our winter themed word family activities. With this activity students build a snowman using words from a word family. When you download this activity you will receive 15 snowmen each with 3 word family pictures and 16 word family snowmen with words only.
The Build A Snowman Word Families activity can also be found in my TpT store.
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