-ap Word Family List

cap nap tap

chap rap* trap
clap sap wrap
flap scrap
gap slap
lap snap
map strap

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Name

ap Cut and Paste

clap cap

nap rap

lap trap

map snap

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Configuration Station: ap

Word Bank

cap lap map rap

tap gap wrap chap
clap flap

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 Cloze the Gap! (ap)
Read the following sentences, saying the word “clap” when
you come to a blank space. Use words from the ap family
to fill in the blanks and make sense. Reread your sentences
to double check your choices!

1. Baseball players like to wear a .

2. After the program, it’s polite to for the actors.

3. Always use a when you travel!

4. My baby sister has to take a after lunch.

5. Did you the birthday present?

6. Can you your fingers?

7. Dad set a to catch the mouse.

8. I held the new kitten on my .

9. Birds their wings to fly.

10. your toes to the music.

11. What shall I do with this of paper?

12. The on my backpack broke!

Word Bank
map wrap clap nap lap scrap

snap trap strap flap tap cap

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 Definition Derby
Read each –ap family word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the
matching letter next to the word (see sample). Write each word in a sentence.

Word Sentence Definition

1. cap g Most policemen wear a cap as part of a. to flutter or wave;
their uniform. part of an envelope
2. chap b. one time around the
track; what you
have when you sit
3. clap c. a short sleep

4. flap d. a chart or a
diagram; shows
cities, states, etc.
5. gap e. a quick, sharp
knock; a chanting
music style
6. lap f. a small piece; an
argument
7. map g. a cover or lid; a
type of hat
8. nap h. to cover a gift with
paper and ribbon
9. rap i. break or crack

10. scrap j. a guy or man;

gentleman
11. snap k. an opening or a
empty space
12. wrap l. applaud; put your
hands together

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Name

Say the name of each picture. If the picture belongs in the –ap family and rhymes
with rap, add –ap to finish writing the word.

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 X’s and O’s

Directions for teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the –ap
rime. They make an x on each picture that does not end with the ap rime.

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 More X’s and O’s

Directions to teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the –ap rime and
write the word in the box. If the picture does not end with the -ap rime, students make an x
over the picture.
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 Alphabet
Avenue
Place the words below in alphabetical order.

1 7

2 8

3 9

4 10

5 11

6 12

WORD BANK
clap wrap map flap lap chap
nap slap tap gap trap scrap

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Name

Say the name of each picture. Read the words and circle the word that names the
picture. Write the word underneath the picture. Make a picture for the last word.

cap cape mop map trap trip

clip clap nip nap snap snip

rap rip lap lip

strap
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 ap Word Search
c l a p o u d s h e
h i h q j e k t a p
a k l a p d n r v i
p n o v k t y a j e
h e j s c r a p u o
o d i n u a k i h n
u s k a d p y d j w
f l a p q e o h u r
i a j d n u v k q a
h p o g a p e m a p
clap lap strap snap flap
map chap scrap trap wrap
tap slap gap
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Name

Crossword Puzzle: ap
1

Across
1. applaud after a performance
3. We use it to catch a mouse.
4. a noise we make with our fingers
5. We carry our backpacks with it.
6. to move in the wind
Down
1. A baseball player wears one.
2. a drawing of the city streets
3. a kind of dance
4. leftover paper or cloth
5. a sticky liquid from trees

Word Bank
trap snap tap cap
clap strap map scrap
flap sap

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Name

ap See, Say, Spell and Write

tap
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Name

Look at the picture in each box. Circle the word that matches the picture. Write the word on
the lines.

1.

map
mop
2.

trip
trap
3.

snap
snip
4.

cup
cap
5.

nap
new

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Beware old chap!
My dirty old scrap
Of a pirate’s map
Has a hidden trap!

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 Hey old chap!
Get your thinking cap!
Our flag will flap
As we set the trap!

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 ap Partner Puzzle

m ap c ap

tr ap cl ap

r ap n ap
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 Score With Scrabble!
SCORE

Cap
Trap
Flap
Rap
Nap
Map
Clap
Snap
chap
scrap
strap
Total
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 Word Bank

Simple Sentences (ap) cap

map
nap
clap
Name
Read each sentence below, saying the –ap picture names as you read. Rewrite the sentence and
change each picture to a word. Illustrate the sentences on the back of your paper.

1. I can snap and I can .

2. Do you have your and your ?

3. My dog always takes a .

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 ap Family Word Slide

ap

ap Family Word Slide

(Sound Blending)
Print on vellum, cut, and laminate for durability. Cut the top and bottom slits to the left
of the rime chunk for the slide. Model proper use for students: blending to form and
say new words.
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 c m

ch n

cl r

fl sn

g tr

l wr
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rap
map
clap
cap
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trap
lap
snap
tap
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wrap
nap
tap

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-ap Words and Pictures for Sorts
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

map
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

trap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

rap
ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

tap
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-ap Words and Pictures for Sorts
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

clap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

lap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

cap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

nap
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-ap Words and Pictures for Sorts
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

chap flap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

gap lap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

snap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

scrap
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 -ap Words and Pictures for Sorts
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

handicap strap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

tap yap
-ap Pictures and Words -ap Pictures and Words

zap hubcap

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-ap penny push

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-ap penny push

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 ap Shape Book
Directions: Duplicate one map shape book for each child in the group. Staple several
sheets of white bond behind the map shape and staple on the left. Allow children
time to draw pictures of things that end with the ap chunk. Children may dictate
picture labels to the teacher/aide or make attempts to write their own. The teacher
can write the correctly spelled under the child’s invented spelling. Add the
completed book to each child’s collection of familiar reading.

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 ap Family Handwriting Practice

Name:
Directions: Trace over the letters in each sentence and then write it yourself in
the space below. Draw a picture for each sentence in the space provided below.

Clap your hands and tap

your toes to the music.

My cat laps his milk.

He naps in my lap.
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ap ap
ap ap
ap ap
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 -ap family -ap family
ap
_____ _____ ap ap
_____ _____ ap

ap
_____ _____ ap ap
_____ _____ ap

ap
_____ _____ ap ap
_____ _____ ap

ap
_____ _____ ap ap
_____ _____ ap
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 What’s it Worth? (ap)
a p a a
1 2 1 1

a a
1 1

p p
2 2

p p
2 2

n t c r l c r
3 5 4 5 3 4 5
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 Word Family (-ap)
cap, chap, clap, flap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap,
scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, wrap
Write sentences or a story with –ap words of your choice.

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My ap Book My ap Book

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