Word Families

Below are examples of word families, blends, digraphs and word chunks that your 1st grader will be seeing in their readings. The more your first grader reads, the more easily these skills are aquired. Also, it is so important that you read to your child everyday! It's such a special time of bonding between you and your first grader when reading a book together. Happy Reading! The "h brothers" - th, ch, wh, sh Blends - sc, sl, sp, st, sk, sw, bl, gl, fl, pl, cl, sl, br, tr, dr, gr, cr, pr, fr, str, scr, thr Vowels - long and short - a, e, i, o, u vowel rule: when two vowels go walking, the first does the talking and says his name: ai, ee, oa, ea Bossy e - bossy e on the end tells the vowel that he must say his name - cap to cape, kit to kite, cut to cute hop to hope The "r" sisters - ur, ar, er, ir, (er likes to be on the end of words as in butter) Double oo - can make two sounds as in good, and room Copy cat y - y copies the vowel sound as in may Pincher sounds - ou as in ouch; ow as wow Word families - Word families generally are rhyming words that have the same endings. Below are a few examples: -ad had, bad, glad, sad -at bat, cat, rat -ay may, day, play, gray -ack back, whack, sack, black, track -ank blank, sank, crank -ail pail, sail, -ake rake, make, quake -et bet, set, let -en Ben, when, ten -ell bell, sell, well -est nest, best, rest -ed Ted, red, shed -eed need seed, weed -ew new, blew, grew -it hit, sit, bit -ill hill, shrill, pill, spill -ip dip, hip, ship, whip -ink sink, blink, drink -ight light, night bright -ow now, cow, -ow show, snow, grow, blow -ock sock, clock, -out shout, pout, -uck truck, luck, stuck Graphics by Graphic Garden

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