This it the reason we work on vocabulary and lists of words.
They are not an end in themselves.
It's all about kids reading and understanding the world of print.
It's all about kids reading and understanding the world of print.
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Word
Families
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Families
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All children, in first grade, should be able to read most of the words below. The nice thing
about word families is they have a certain, inherent, sense of logic, if you can spell one you can probably spell the others. If the child can spell cat, they can probably spell fat, hat, rat, and so fourth and so on. You can make up simple sentences involving any word family. Like; "The fat cat had a hat and sat on the mat". All the words below were typed in one at at a time by Johnnie, one of my 2nd grade students, who, at the time, was considerably off grade level and was still having trouble with initial sounds! It took him quite awhile and represents quite a bit of work. I would not let him type the words in until he could recognize and use them in a sentence. A year later he seems to be happy, well adjusted, and most importantly, motivated, 3rd grader and is pretty much, on grade level.
about word families is they have a certain, inherent, sense of logic, if you can spell one you can probably spell the others. If the child can spell cat, they can probably spell fat, hat, rat, and so fourth and so on. You can make up simple sentences involving any word family. Like; "The fat cat had a hat and sat on the mat". All the words below were typed in one at at a time by Johnnie, one of my 2nd grade students, who, at the time, was considerably off grade level and was still having trouble with initial sounds! It took him quite awhile and represents quite a bit of work. I would not let him type the words in until he could recognize and use them in a sentence. A year later he seems to be happy, well adjusted, and most importantly, motivated, 3rd grader and is pretty much, on grade level.
Rhyme words typed by Johnnie
cab, crab, dab, gab, grab, jab, lab, nab, scab, tab
bad, Chad, dad, glad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad
bag, drag, flag, gag, nag, rag, sag, snag, tag, wag
clam, gram, ham, jam, ram, Pam, Sam, slam, swam, yam
can, Dan, fan, man, pan, plan, ran, tan, than, van
cap, clap, flap, lap, map, nap, slap, snap, tap, trap
bat, cat, chat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, that
bed, fed, Fred, led, Ned, red, shed, sled, Ted
bell, fell, Nell, sell, shell, smell, spell, tell, well, yell
Ben, den, hen, Len, men, pen, ten, then, when, yen
bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, wet, yet
bid, did, grid, hid, kid, lid, mid, rid, skid, slid
big, dig, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, Spig, twig, wig
bill, ,dill, fill, hill, ill, mill, pill, spill, still, will
bin, chin, grin, in, shin, skin, spin, thin, twin, win
dip, flip, hip, lip, nip, ship, sip, skip, trip, zip
bit, fit, hit, it, kit, knit, lit, pit, quit, sit
bog, cog clog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log, smog,
cop, drop, hop, mop, plop, pop, shop, slop, stop, top
dot, cot, got, hot, knot, lot, not, pot, plot, shot, spot
bug, chug, hug, lug, mug, rug, slug, snug, tug
strum, chum, drum, glum, gum, hum, yum, plum, sum, swum
bump, clump, dump, grump, jump, lump, mump, pump, plump, stump, thump
back, black, jack, Mack, pack, rack, sack, snack, tack, track,
brick, chick, click, kick, lick, pick, sick, slick, stick, trick
blink, drink, ink, kink, link, rink, sink, stink, think, wink
block, clock, Dock, knock, lock, rock, shock , smock, sock, tock
buck, Chuck, cluck, duck, luck, pluck, puck, stuck, struck, truck
bank, blank, drank, Frank, prank, rank, sank, spank, tank, yank
bunk, chunk, clunk, dunk, drunk, hunk, junk, skunk, stunk, sunk, trynk,
bash, cash, crash, dash, flash, hash, lash, rash, smash
bake, brake, cake, flake, Jake, make, rake, shake, take, wake
bale, gale, hale, male, pale, sale, scale, stale, tale, whale
blame, came, fame, flame, frame, game, name, same, shame, tame
crate, date, gate, grate, hate, Kate, late, plate, rate, skate
dice, ice, lice, mice, nice, price, rice, slice, spice, twice
bride, glide, hide, pride, ride, side, slide, stride, tide, wide
dine, fine, line, mine, nine, pine, shine, tine, twine, vine,
broke, Coke, choke, joke, poke, smoke, spoke, stroke, woke, yoke
bore, chore, more, pore, score, shore, snore, sore, store, tore, wore
fail, Gail, nail, pail, sail, snail, tail, trail, wail, hail
brain, chain, drain, grain, main, pain, plain, rain, Spain, train
beat, cheat, eat, heat, meat, neat, seat, treat, wheat, peat, feat
claw, draw, flaw, jaw, law, paw, raw, saw, slaw, straw
bar, car, jar, mar, par, scar, spar, star, tar
bring, king, ring, sing, spring, sting, string, swing, thing, wing
bay, day, gray, hay, Jay, lay, may, play, say, stay, way, subway, gay, Monday,
best, chest, crest, guest, nest, test, rest, pest, vest, west
by, cry, dry, fly, fry, my, shy, sky, sty, try, why,
bright, fight, fright, knight, light, might, night, right, sight, tight
brave, concave, conclave, crave, Dave, gave, grave, pave, rave, save,
Johnnie typed most of the list himself-no small accomplishment! He would type the words and then read them back to me. On occasion, I would sit down to type and he would read some more words to me as I typed. The added to list went home daily and was used in various ways by other students. It is set to print at a smaller font, so that the entire list will fit on the front and back of a piece of paper. At school I usually run this and other word lists through a plastic laminator, looks nicer-lasts longer.
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