word families

I'm already in the process of making things to use with Gracelyn next year. My mother in-law got us some great word family readers and I made a word family game to go along with each book. I will focus on one word family at a time and offer a few different activities for her in her workbox.



materials -
wordfamilies.docx - copy the beginning letters on a color and copy the endings on another color, cut and laminate for durability
velcro dots (have I mentioned that I love velcro dots?)



educational benefits -
1. teaches word chuncks so they don't have to sound out each letter
for example: cap - sound out the c and add the chunk ap forming cap

2. encourages children to find patterns in words

3. helps with teaching spelling
for example: if the child knows how to spell cap, they will only have to replace the first letter to spell tap

learning styles -
visual (the chunk is one color and the beginning letter(s) are on another color
tactile