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Word Families: -ell, -ill, -all
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Phonics worksheet · Rhyming and word families
Word Families: -ack, -ick, -ock
Nine starting letters and three ck word families. Kids build real words like back, kick and sock and write them in each house.
- Grade level
- 1st grade
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Rhyming, Word families, Onset and rime, Reading by analogy
What kids do
“Put a letter from the letter bank in front of each word family. Write every real word you can make!”
Printed on the sheet:
- Pick one of your words. Write it and draw it!
Words on this sheet
Letter bank-ack-ick-ockackickock
Teacher tip
ck comes after a short vowel. Build the words with letter tiles.
How to use it
- Ask kids to think of a rhyme before they look at the word bank.
- Use a word family slider made from a paper strip.
- Send it home with a note asking families to listen to their child read the words.
Watch for
Kids who make silly words and count them as real. Ask them to use the word in a sentence.
Talk about it
- Can you make a silly word with this ending?
- How did you figure out that word?
Take it further
Read a rhyming picture book and list the word families you hear.
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