Language Arts Lesson 3
Decoding and Word Recognition

Instruction 3-5

Word Families

Teachers' Links

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LARhymingWordFamilies12Idea.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/wordfamilies/

Parents' Links

http://www.netcore.ca/~gibsonjs/c1001-1t.htm

Now let's do Practice Exercise 3-5 (top) (click HERE for a printer-friendly version)

Directions: Complete the Practice Exercise below. Consult the Answer Key below for answers once you finish. Review the Instruction material which relates to any questions you do not get correct.

Directions to student: which words in the following sentences belong to the same word family? Circle them.

1. They were nice mice that chewed on the ice.
    
2. She got mad at her bad dog.

Fill in the blanks with one of these endings: -an, -un, -ank, -ill.

3. She will have a f___ ___ time in the s ___ ___.
    
4. The fish was ___ ___ ___ from standing st___ ___ ___  with the d___ ___ ___ pickle.
    
5. On the b___ ___ ___ sat a t___ ___ ___ that s___ ___ ___ in the mud.

Answer Key (top) (click HERE for a printer-friendly version)

1. They were nice mice that chewed on the ice.
    
2. She got mad and sad at her bad dog.
    
3. –un (She will have a fun time in the sun.)
    
4.  –ill (The fish was ill from standing still with the dill pickle.)
    
5. –ank (On the bank sat a tank that sank in the mud.)

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