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Word Family Examples. Here is a word family your child will learn as an early reader. Cat mat sat fat rat bat hat pat vat. All of these words have the letters at in common.When we read the words aloud the second part of each word sounds and looks the same. The lists below give examples of the word family 'act' (showing the part of speech of each family member.) Then it explains related families made by adding a prefix to 'act,' showing only their most common words. (Parts of speech are the same as for words of the same suffix in the first list.).
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Word families are groups of words that have a common feature or pattern - they have some of the same combinations of letters in them and a similar sound. For example, at, cat, hat, and fat are a family of words with the 'at' sound and letter combination in common.
The 37 most common word families in English (according to Wylie and Durrell) are: ack, ain, ake, ale, all, ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw ay, eat, ell, est, ice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, it, ock, oke, op, ore, ot, uck ,ug, ump, unk.
Many of the nursery rhymes contain common word families. You can use these rhymes to teach these letter combinations (and how they are spelled and spoken), having the students sound them out after memorizing the rhyme. You can study one word family a week. Students can use the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary to look for more words that belong to word families.
The following is a list of the most common word families in English (from Wylie and Durrell, 1970, plus a few extra word families) and examples of each.
| ack attack | ad ad | age age | ail ail | ain brain | ake awake | ale ale | all all | am cam | ame blame | an an | ank bank | ap cap | ar afar | ash ash | at at |
| ate abate | aw caw | ay away | eat beat | eel eel | eep beep | eet beet | ell bell | en amen | ent accent | est best | ice dice | ick brick | ide bride |
| ife fife | ight bright | ile bile | ill bill | in bin | ine brine | ing bring | ink blink | ip blip | it admit | oat boat | ock block | og blog |
| oil boil | oke awoke | oo boo | ood good | ood brood | oof goof | oof hoof | ook book | oom bloom | ool cool | oon balloon | oop coop | oot (long oo) boot | oot (short oo) foot | op bop |
| ore bore | orn adorn | ot apricot | ought bought | ould could | ouse douse | out about | ow (rhymes with cow) bow | ow (rhymes with low) bow | own brown | uck buck | ug bug | ump bump | un bun | unk bunk |
Words that Rhyme with Ad A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ad' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: dad, glad, lad, mad, pad, sad, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ad?' | Words that Rhyme with Ail A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ail' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: mail, nail, pail, quail, snail, tail, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ail?' | Words that Rhyme with Ake A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ake' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bake, cake, flake, lake, snake, rake, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ake?' | Words that Rhyme with All A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'all' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: ball, call, fall, hall, small, tall, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with all?' |
'AN' Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the 'an' sound, like can, fan, man, van, and pan. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Dan ran. Fran has a can. Jan can use a fan. The man has a van. The plan began. A pecan is in the pan. Nan is from Japan. | Words that Rhyme with Ar A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ar' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bar, car, far, jar, scar, star, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ar?' | 'AT' Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the 'at' sound, like cat, hat, rat, vat, and mat. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Matt is at bat. Pat has a hat. This is a fat cat. Nat sat on a mat. The bat spat. The rat is in the vat. Drat, a gnat. | 'At' Words Mini Book A Printable Writing Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'at' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: cat, cat, hat, fat, rat, sat, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with at?' |
'EN' Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the 'en' sound, like pen, hen, and when. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Ben has a pen. There are ten men. Glen saw a hen. The wren is in the fen. Gwen asked, 'When?' and Ken said, 'Then!' | Words that Rhyme with Ig A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ig' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: big, dig, fig, pig, twig, wig, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ig?' | NURSERY RHYMES COLORING BOOK A Mother Goose nursery rhyme coloring book you can print out, read, and color. | Words that Rhyme with Ool A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ool' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: school, tool, stool, spool, pool, fool, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ool?' |
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY A booklet to print and color. | Rhyming Words A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about rhyming words -- for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, objects to color, and rhyming words to find and write. | Words that Rhyme with Ug A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ug' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bug, dug, jug, mug, pug, rug, and 'Can you think of another word that rhymes with ug?' |
Word Wheel - AKE Words 'AKE' word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with 'ake' are formed, one at a time: rake, cake, bake, snake, flake, and lake. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. | Word Wheel - AN Words 'AN' word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with 'an' are formed, one at a time: pan, fan, man, ran, can, and van. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. FREE | Word Wheel - AR Words 'AR' word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with 'ar' are formed, one at a time: bar, scar, star, car, far, and jar. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. | Word Wheel - AT Words 'AT' word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with 'at' are formed, one at a time: cat, hat, vat, rat, fat, and bat. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. |
Word Wheel - EN Words 'EN' word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with 'en' are formed, one at a time: hen, wren, men, ten, pen, and when. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. | Make Words Word Wheel —a— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters c, f, g, h, l, p, t, and s. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ab, ad, am, an, ap, ar, as, and at. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: cab, gab, lab, tab, cad, fad, gad, lad, had, pad, sad, tad, cam, ham, tam, can, fan, pan, tan, cap, gap, lap, sap, tap, car, far, gar, par, tar, gas, has, cat, fat, hat, pat, sat, tat. | Make Words Word Wheel —e— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, g, h, l, m, p, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: eb, ed, eg, em, en, er, et, and ew. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bed, beg, gem, get, hem, hen, her, hew, led, leg, let, men, met, mew, peg, pen, per, pet, pew, set, sew, web, wed, wen, wet. | Make Words Word Wheel —i— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, d, f, h, l, r, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ib, id, ig, im, in, ip, it, and ix. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bib, bid, big, bin, bit, did, dig, dim, din, dip, fig, fin, fit, fix, hid, hip, hit, lid, lip, lit, rib, rid, rig, rim, rip, sin, sip, sir, six, wig, win, wit. |
Make Words Word Wheel —o— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ob, od, og, on, op, ot, ow, and ox. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bob, bog, bot, bow, box, cob, cod, cog, con, cop, coy, cow, hod, hog, hop, hot, how, lob, log, lop, lot, low, lox, mob, mod, mop, mow, nod, not, now, sob, sod, son, sow, ton, top, tot, and tow. | Make Words Word Wheel —u— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ub, ud, ug, un, up, ur, us, and ut. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bud, bug, bun, bus, but, cub, cud, cup, cus, cut, dub, dud, dug, dun, hub, hug, hut, pub, pug, pun, pup, pus, put, rub, rug, run, rut, sub, sun, sup, tub, tug. |
Words that Rhyme with ... Worksheets On these printable worksheets, the student writes six words that rhyme with a simple sound. Worksheets including the sounds: ad, ag, ake, all, an, ap, ar, at, ate, ay, ed, ee, ell, en, est, et, ig, ink, ing, ip, og, and op, ot, un. |
Word families used in Nursery Rhymes:
Bees: ay, may, hay.
The Boy in the Barn: ay, hay, away.
Curly Locks: ine, mine, swine.
Five Speckled Frogs: og, frog, log; ool, cool, pool.
Georgie Porgie: ay, play, away.
Hey Diddle Diddle: iddle, diddle, fiddle; oon, spoon, moon.
Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen: en, hen, gentlemen; ay, day, lay.
Hickory Dickory Dock: ock, dock, clock; ive, five, hive; ine, nine, fine.
Humpty Dumpty: all, wall, fall.
Hush A Bye Baby: all, all, fall.
I'm a Little Teapot: out, out, spout, stout.
Jack and Jill: ill, Jill, hill; own, down, crown.
Jack Be Nimble: ick, quick, stick.
Knick Knack Paddy Whack: ee, three, knee; ive, five, hive; ine, nine, shine; en, ten, hen, eleven, heaven.
Little Bo Peep: eep, peep, sheep.
Little Boy Blue: orn, horn, corn; eep, sheep, asleep.
Little Jack Horner: horner, corner.
Little Mouse: ouse, mouse, house; eal, steal, meal; out, about; un, fun, run; eep, creep, peep.
Little Sally Walker: est, west, best.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: ary, Mary, contrary; ow, row, grow; ells, shells, bells.
Mockingbird: ing, ring, sing; brass, glass.
Monday's Child: ace, grace, face; ing, giving, living; ay, day, gay.
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The Northwind Doth Blow: ow, blow, snow; ing, wing, thing.
Old Mother Hubbard: ead, bread, dead; at, cat, hat; ig, wig, jig; oat, coat, goat.
One, Two, Buckle my Shoe: en, ten, hen; twelve, delve.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five: ive, alive, five.
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater: ell, shelll, well.
Rain, Rain: ay, away, day.
Rub-a-Dub-Dub: ub, dub, tub; ee, be, three.
See-Saw Marjorie Daw: aw, Daw, saw, straw.
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Sing a Song of Sixpence: ing, king, sing; oney, money, honey.
Star Light, Star Bright : ight, light, bright, night.
Ten Little Monkeys: ed, bed, head.
There was a Crooked Man: ile, mile, stile; ouse, mouse, house.
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: at, cat, that; og, hog, dog; ow, cow, how.
Three Blind Mice: ife, wife, knife.
Three Little Kittens: en, kitten, mitten; ear, dear, fear.
To Market: ig, pig, jig; og, hog, jog.
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son: eat, eat, beat.
Tommy Tittlemouse: ouse, Tittlemouse, house.
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee: attle, battle, rattle.
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,: orn, corn, thorn; ock, lock, flock; est, west, nest.
Wee Willie Winkie: own, town, nightgown; ock, lock, o'clock.
What Are Little Girls Made Of? What Are Little Boys Made Of?: ice, spice, nice; ails, snails, tails.
Yankee Doodle: andy, dandy, handy; ing, Gooding, pudding.
Use these word family cards to help your students with learning phonics.
Word Families For Kindergarten
Includes 102 different word families.
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