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Word families

Four endings, sixteen words. Part of reading and writing.

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Word families

Four endings, sixteen words · Alberta Grade 1 · maddyhelps.com

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Put each letter in front of the ending and read what you get. Write the real words on the lines. Not every one will be a word — deciding which are is part of the job.

-at
chms
-ig
bdpw
-op
hmpt
-un
bfrs

For the grown-up

Word families

-at: cat, hat, mat, sat. -ig: big, dig, pig, wig. -op: hop, mop, pop, top. -un: bun, fun, run, sun. All sixteen happen to be real words this time.

Word families work because the ending stays put. A child who reads cat and then has to sound out hat from scratch has not yet noticed the pattern, and that noticing is the point of the sheet.

Why this matters is on the reading and writing page. More sheets