Word Families Flashcards

Kindergarten · English · Flashcards

Study word family patterns and the words that belong to each.

Flashcards

-at family: cat, bat, hat, mat, rat, sat, fat, pat — all end in -at
-an family: can, man, fan, pan, ran, tan, ban, van — all end in -an
-ig family: big, dig, pig, wig, fig, jig, rig — all end in -ig
-og family: dog, log, fog, hog, bog, jog — all end in -og
-en family: hen, ten, pen, men, den, yen, fen — all end in -en
-ot family: hot, dot, pot, lot, got, rot, not — all end in -ot
-ug family: bug, hug, mug, rug, tug, jug, dug — all end in -ug
-ip family: dip, hip, lip, rip, tip, zip, sip — all end in -ip
word family: A group of words sharing the same ending — change the first sound, keep the ending, get a new word!
pattern: The ending letters that stay the same in a word family, like -at or -an
reading shortcut: Knowing one word in a family helps you read all the others in the same family
-ap family: cap, map, nap, rap, tap, gap, lap — all end in -ap