Word Families
These are the word families that your student was introduced to and should know! Skilled readers recognize patterns in words rather than sounding words out, letter by letter. Word families, also known as phonograms, rimes, or chunks, are letter patterns that are more stable than individual vowel sounds. Readers can use word families to decode by analogy-use what they know about one word to decode another. Recognizing word families helps students build large reading vocabularies. The word families below are what was introduced to your child in school.
-am
ham
jam
ram
dam
Sam
Pam
yam
bam
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-ap
map
sap
cap
gap
lap
nap
rap
tap
zap
yap
clap
flap
trap
wrap
|
-at
hat
cat
mat
pat
bat
sat
rat
fat
that
chat
brat
flat
|
-it
bit
kit
sit
hit
fit
pit
mitt
lit
knit
quit
spit |
-ip
dip
hip
lip
rip
sip
tip
zip
trip
ship
flip
whip
clip
skip
drip
|
-an
can
ran
man
pan
fan
tan
van
Dan
Jan
plan
Stan
|
-op
mop
cop
top
pop
hop
bop
crop
drop
stop
flop
chop
shop
|
-ot
pot
hot
not
got
dot
cot
rot
lot
jot
shot
spot
knot
|
-en
hen
pen
men
ten
den
then
when
Ben
Jen
Ken
|
-et
pet
vet
met
wet
set
jet
let
bet
net
get
yet
|
-ed
fed
bed
led
red
wed
Ted
Ned
Ed
sled
shed
Fred
bled
|
-in
fin
win
pin
bin
sin
din
chin
grin
twin
thin
spin
skin
|
-un
sun
fun
bun
run
nun
hun
gun spun |
-ug
hug
bug
mug
rug
tug
jug
dug
pug
slug
Doug
|
-ig
pig
big
dig
jig
zig
wig
fig twig |
