Lesson Plan For Teaching Word Families

Students in this kindergarten class will pick out words that rhyme by selecting the pictures that represent the words with an accuracy of 80 using alphabet cards and word families.

Lesson plan for teaching word families. Invite the students to name the words and to stand up if the words sound like cat. In this lesson we ll look at some fun word families and see how you can use them to make rhymes. I have been messaged by several teachers that want to know which are good books to use when teaching word families. Teaching word families books.

This word families lesson plan is suitable for kindergarten. Remind students that vowels each. Through shared readings teachers and students read and reread text from the book with fluency and expression. This word families lesson plan is suitable for kindergarten.

Tell the students that they will be working on creating their own sets of rhyming words that belong in the same family. The cat in the hat. Word families can help you improve your reading and writing skills while having fun. Students work their way through these short vowel booklets in order to master reading both word lists and fluency phrases for each short vowel word family.

Since we learn word families each week i wanted to create a set of activities that students find fun and engaging yet help them to become fluent in reading the words within a word family. Later in the instructions for how to get started with teaching word families you will read about using picture books to compliment your word family mini lessons. Write rhyme pairs on chart paper. Pause often to ask students to identify rhyming words and share with a partner.

This lesson uses the book click clack moo. Cows that type by doreen cronin to teach students word identification strategies. Write each vowel on the whiteboard or chart paper and go over each sound individually. Pass out the worksheets and read the words on the food shapes together.

Remind them not to color the food so dark that they cannot read the words. Introduction introduce the lesson with a warm up of pictures that rhyme with at. Once students read down a word list and the fluency phrases on the back the teacher can write a positive comment and or date the box. Teaching my students word families is an incredibly efficient way for me to teach my students how to read.

Introduction review short vowel sounds by watching the short vowels music video see link in related books and or media section. For example cat hat and two do ask students. Instructions connect students to the topic and build interest by gathering them on the carpet and reading aloud a dr.