Practicing Sounds and

Identifying Word Families

By: Emma Lantz

Beginning Sounds
● Beginning sounds are the first sounds you hear in words
● Also known as initial sounds
● Example:

B Ball
Middle Sounds
● Medial sounds are the sounds you hear in the middle of words
● Also known as medial sounds
● Example:

U Tub
Final Sounds
● These are the very last sounds you hear in words
● Also known as ending sounds
● Example:

S Bus
Practice Time!!
What is the beginning sound? What is the middle sound?
D U
Practice Continued
What is the final sound? Kahoot:
https://create.kahoot.it/details/identifying-so
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Edpuzzle:
https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/5d93ca20
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Identifying Word Families
● What are word families?
● Groups of words that have letters and sounds in
common

● Word families will help build vocabulary and reading skills

-ick Word Family
● Can we think of any words in the -ick family?
● They make the sound “ick”

● Kick ● Trick
● Lick ● Brick
● Pick ● Flick
● Sick ● Click
● Wick ● Nick
● Quick ● Rick
● Slick
● Stick
● Thick
● Tick
-an Word Family
● Can we think of any words in the -an family? Word family song
● What words make the sound “an”? for -an family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ei3dsyr8A20
● Can ● Clan
● Man ● Scan
● Fan ● Plan
● Pan ● Than
● Ran ● Began
● Tan ● Dan
● Van
● Jan
● Ban
-op Word Family
● What are some words in the -op family?
● They make the sound “op”

● Mop ● Drop
● Bop ● Flop
● Cop ● Crop
● Pop ● Stop
● Lop
● Hop
● Top
● Sop
● Chop
-en Word Family
● Can we think of any words in the -en word family that make the sound “en”?
● Not to be confused with the -ent word family

● Den
● Hen
● Men
● Pen
● Ten
● Ben
● Glen
● Then
● When
-un Word Family
● What are examples of words in the -un family?
● Different from -unt word family
What is the -un word for the
● Run picture to the right?
● Fun
● Bun
● Nun
● Sun
● Pun
● Gun
● Spun
● Shun
● Stun
-ice Word Family
● Let’s list some words in the -ice family

● Mice
● Dice
● Lice
● Nice
● Rice
● Slice
● Price
● Spice
● Twice
● Splice
-aw Word Family
● What are some words in the -aw word family?

● Jaw ● Jigsaw
● Saw ● Outlaw
● Law ● Gnaw
● Paw
● Draw
● Claw
● Flaw
● Straw
● Thaw
● Seesaw
-at Word Family
● Can we list some words in the -at family?

● Cat
● Hat What sound do all of
● Pat these words have in
● Bat common?
● Mat
● Rat
● Sat
● Chat
● Flat
● Fat
Practice
Quizizz: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5d9783c95e0a2d001b578fa1/identifying-word-families

What word family is this word a What word family does this word
part of? belong to?
Word Family Resources
Word family song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSRUZVWRSg

Word family game: https://www.turtlediary.com/game/word-family.html

Identifying Sounds Resources
Beginning sounds song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVYa4Vv4mYY

Beginning sounds game: https://www.education.com/game/letter-sounds-moving-match/

Middle sounds video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PuCVd8bvOA&list=PLy_1okoeZx4eHSfnoB_B3SHr2NjUhcBq2&inde
x=10

Final sounds game: https://www.education.com/game/ending-sounds-hopper/

Review
● What are word families?
● What do words in word families have in common?
● What is the beginning sound of the word “dog”?
● What is the middle sound of the word “fog”?
● What is the final sound of the word “fun”?