1st grade
Word Families: -ig, -op, -ug
Nine starting letters and three word families. Kids build real words like pig, mop and bug and write them in each house.
Phonics worksheet · Rhyming and word families
Word Family Bingo
Two different bingo cards with 16 words from 16 word families, plus the caller’s list. Play in pairs or as a class.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Rhyming, Word families, Onset and rime, Reading by analogy
What kids do
“Listen for the word. Find it on your card and color it. Four in a row? Shout “Bingo!””
Printed on the sheet:
- Caller’s list: tick each word as you call it
Words on this sheet
tubjetcapdighugpotbatsiplidnutwighenhamfanpinmop
Teacher tip
Let kids read each word back before covering it.
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.
- Say every word on the sheet together before kids start, stretching the sounds.
Watch for
Kids who make silly words and count them as real. Ask them to use the word in a sentence.
Talk about it
- Do these words rhyme? How do you know?
- Can you think of another word with the same sound?
Take it further
Write a short rhyming poem with one family.
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