Mrs. Murphy - 1st Grade

Knowledge of word families is one tool that helps students with decoding (sounding out) unknown words while reading. In order to successfully sound out most words, student need to be able to chunk words, or break them up into parts, such as onsets and rimes (beginning and ending parts: black ---> bl (onset) ack (rime). This knowledge will also aid in spelling skills (For example, if they can spell black they can spell back).

WORD FAMILIES: High Frequency Rimes

Short Vowels	A	E	I	O	U
	_ap _an _am _at _ad _ack _and _ash _all	_ep _en _em _et _ed _eck _end _ent _ell	_ip _in _im _it _id _ig _ick _ish _ink _ing _iss _ill	_op _ob _og _on _ot _od _ock _oss _ong _ock	_up _un _ut _um _us _uss _ush _uck _unk _ump

Long Vowels	A	E	I	O	U
	Silent e _ade _age _ake _ale _ame _ate ai _ail _ain _ait ay	e _e ee _ee _eep _eel _eed _eet ea _ea _eak _eal _ean _ear _eat	Silent e _ice _ise _ide _ike _ime _ine _ite _ive igh _igh _ight	Silent e _oke _ole _one _ome oa _oad _oak _oat	Silent e _ube _ute

CONSONANTS

	Blends	Digraphs
	bl cl fl gl pl sl br cr fr gr pr tr	ch sh th wh

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Last Modified: Saturday, February 14, 2009

Mrs. Murphy - 1st Grade

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