We Love to Rhyme

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Rhyming words and word families are an important part of learning to read. We are using rhyming words daily in opening activities. Read rhyming (Dr. Seuss, etc.) books and Mother Goose stories to your child. The children are expected to be able to read and spell the following word families by the end of the school year.

WORD FAMILIES

Words with short a: -at, -an

at, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, Nat, Pat, rat, sat, vat,
an, ban, can, Dan, fan, Jan, man, pan, ran, tan, van

Words with short i: -it, -ig

bit, fit, hit, it, kit, lit, pit, quit, sit, wit,

big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig

Words with short o: -ot, -ox

cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot,

box, fox, ox

Words with short e: -et, -en

bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet,
Ben, den, hen, Jen, Ken, men, pen, ten

Words with short u: -ug, -ut

bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, rug, tug,
but, cut, hut, jut, nut, rut