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These are the different word families

Short a Long a
mad made
bad grade
Short e Long e
bet beat
set heat
Short i Long i
fin fine
sin mine
Short o Long o
cot coat
dot boat
Short u Long u
hug huge
bug fuse
These are some word families.
Read the words and understand their
meaning.

Short A
at an ad
bat can bad
cat Dan dad
fat fan fad
hat man had
mat pan lad
pat ran mad
rat tan pad
sat van sad
ar ag am ap
bar bag dam cap
car lag ham gap
far nag jam lap
jar rag Sam map
mar sag ram nap
tar tag Pam sap
war wag yam tap
as ax ab
gas lax dab
has max nab
mass tax cab
class wax jab
Long A
date cane bade
gate gain fade
hate main jade
mate pain made
late rain paid
rate pane maid
bait sane raid
wait vane wade
bare came bake
care dame cake
dare fame fake
fare game lake
hair lame make
pair name rake
hare same sake
Short E
ed et ell
bed bet bell
fed get dell
led jet fell
Ned let hell
red met sell
Ted net tell
wed pet well
set yell
eg en
beg Ben ten
keg hen ken
leg men
peg pen
egg den
Long E
bead beat deal
read feet feel
lead heat heal
deed meat meal
feed seat peel
heed eat real
need greet reel
reed beak seal
seed peak deer
weed week dear
dean weak gear
bean beep hear
mean deep near
seen jeep peer
teen keep tear
Short i
ip it ig ill
dip bit big bill
hip fit dig fill
lip hit jig hill
nip lit pig Jill
rip pit wig kill
sip sit mill
tip wit pill
zip till
id ix in im
bid fix bin dim
did mix fin him
hid nix kin Jim
kid six pin rim
lid tin
Long i
dice bide bike file
lice hide dike mile
mice ride hike pile
nice side like tile
rice tide Mike
Vice wide
dine fire bite
fine hire kite
line tire site
mine wire rite
nine sire mite
tine mire cite
vine lire
wine
Short O
ob od og ot
Bob cod fog cot lot
cob God hog dot not
job mod jog got pot
mob nod log hot rot
rob pod jot tot

om on op ox
mom Don cop box
Tom son hop fox
Dom ton mop
won pop
top

Long O
code dome bone
load foam cone
mode home lone
road roam moan
toad loam tone

cope boar boat


dope roar coat
hope soar goat
Pope tore note
rope wore rote
soap shore vote
Short U
ub ud ug um
cub bud bug gum
pub mud dug hum
rub suds hug mum
tub jug rum
mug sum
rug
un up us ut
bun cup bus but
fun pup pus cut
gun gut
nun hut
run nut
sun rut
Long U
cube mule fuse
tube rule muse
cure fume use
lure dune cute
pure tune mute
sure June flute
blue prune glue
clue
Practice reading the following words: ee,
ea sounds
/ea/
sea gleam tea
please steam deal
grease dream real
beat mean dear
heat dean gear
meat bean beak
cheat leap weak
/ee/
feel street seek
heel greet meek
been fleet week
seen beet bleed
deep meet feed
keep feet greed
deem deer need
seem peer seed
Q sound with skw sound
squash squid
squeak squirm
squeal squeeze
square squat

Contrasting sound ea as fear and ea as


dead
ea /i/ ea /e/
fear dead
leave thread
meat head
beat bread
seat meant
please earth

/th/ sound
think teeth
thank smooth
three moth
thrill wrath
through faith
thought path
thing math
th sounded as dh
/th/ /dh/
them the
this with
that without
then their
these those

Contrast s and sh sound


/sh/ /s/
shaft song
hush sun
shade seed
flush sap
shall sea
clash soap

Contrast p and f sound


/p/ /f/
pen huffed
poor puffed
pan fan
palm farm

/ch/ sound
channel champion
chapel church
chime chess
charcoal challenge
check chance
ch sounded as sh
parachute fuschia
chaperone chiffon
charade champagne
brochure ricochet
ch sounded as k
Christmas chemical
Christian character
chlorine chorus

Sight Words

A - a about above add


after again all almost
along also always am
an and another any
answer are around as
ask at ate
away

B - back be because bean


been before began begin
being below better best
big book both boy
bring but buy by
C - call came can car
carry change clean close
cold come could cut

D - day did do does


don’t down

E - each eat end even


every eye

F - fall family far fast


father few find first
fly follow food for
found friend full funny

G - gave get girl give


go goes going good
got great group grow

H - had hand hard has


have he head hear
help her here high
him his hold home
hot house how
I - I idea important if
in into is it

J - jet joy jump just

K - keep kind know knot

L - land large last later


learn leave left let
letter light like line
little live long look

M - made make man many


may me mean men
might more mother most
move much must myself

N - name near need never


new next night no

O - of off often old


on once one only
open or other our
out over own

P - page part people place


Play please pretty put

R - ran read really ride


right round run

S - said same saw school


sea second see seem
sentence set shall she
should show side sing
sit sleep small so
some something sometimes
soon sound start still
stop
study such

T - take tall take thank


that the their
them
then there these they
thing think this those
thought through time to
today together too took
tree turn two

U - under until up upon


us use
V - very

W - walk want warm was


wash watch water way
we well went were
what when where
which
while who why will
wish with word would
write

Y - year yes you


young
your

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