Word Families

After you know all your letters and sounds, it is time to start word families. When reading and writing, it is important to recognize word families so that  you can increase your fluency and writing skills by recognizing spelling patters.


Short Vowels
Look at each picture. Click and drag the letters into the grey box to spell the word. Click on the Check Work Button to check your answer. This game has 10 questions. http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/short/start.htm

Click on the fan with the correct picrure. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/name_pict/name_pic1.htm

Create three letter words, CVC, from A-Z and make your own book. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/alphabet/ 

Hear and see three words that describe what is in the bag. Select the word of the item in the bag. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/in_the_bag/index.html

Long Vowels
Look at each picture. Click and drag the letters into the grey box to spell the word. Click on the Check Work Button to check your answer. This game has 10 questions. http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/long/start.htm

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/name_pict/name_pic2.htm 

Drag all the pictures that have the long vowel sound into the box.: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade_k_1/long_vowel_grk1_nav.htm

More Vowels
  Look at each picture. Click and drag the letters into the grey box to spell the word. Click on the Check Work Button to check your answer. This game has 10 questions. http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/more_vowels/start.htm

Click on the picture with the correct long vowel sound. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_66/long_vowel_2_3a.htm

Long Vowels E and U
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_76/long_vowel_2_3b.htm 


 Blends
  Look at each picture. Click and drag the letters into the grey box to spell the word. Click on the Check Work Button to check your answer. This game has 10 questions.http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/blends/start.htm

Click on the picture with the correct blend. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_106/blends.htm

Digraphs
Look at each picture. Click and drag the letters into the grey box to spell the word. Click on the Check Work Button to check your answer. This game has 10 questions. http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/diagraphs/start.htm

 Click on the picture with the correct digraph. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/begin_dia.htm

Click on the correct picture with the correct beginning and ending digraph. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_106/blends.htm

Plurals
 Look at each picture. Click and drag the letters into the grey box to spell the word. Click on the Check Work Button to check your answer. This game has 10 questions. http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/plurals/start.htm


Word Endings
Pick from several word ending families. Then add a letter to make a new word. 
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/construct/index.html



Vowel Combinations
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/turtle-dash/turtle-dash.html   Vowel combination turtle game. Race kids across the country.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/spelling/play/    Help our friend parrot pick the correct vowel combination to fill in the word.


Controlled R
Pick the picture with the correct r sound.http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/r_vowels/r_vowels.htm

http://sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_142/begin_dia2.htm 


"ou" "ow"
Click on the correct word: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/dipthongs/dipthongs.htm

" Dipthongs oi, oy, and ew**
Click on the correct word: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/dipthongs/dipthongs2.htm



Practice Spelling Word Families and Hard to Spell Words.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
 
Printables
http://www.kidzone.ws/phonics/index.htm  - Word family printables from Kidzone.