CVC WORDS / EARLY READING
CVC word families: a familiar ending, a new word.
Compare words that share an ending. Read each whole word, then notice what changes.
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cat
SAY THE SOUNDS. BLEND THE WORD.
CVC words with a shared ending.
A word family groups words such as cat, hat, and mat. The ending stays the same while the beginning changes. Read each word completely before comparing the shared letters.
-ad family
dad-ad familysad-ad family
-ag family
bag-ag familyrag-ag familytag-ag family
-am family
ham-am familyjam-am family
-an family
fan-an familypan-an family
-ap family
cap-ap familylap-ap familymap-ap familynap-ap familytap-ap family
-at family
bat-at familycat-at familyhat-at familymat-at familyrat-at familysat-at family
-ed family
bed-ed familyfed-ed familyled-ed familyred-ed family
-eg family
beg-eg familyleg-eg familypeg-eg family
-en family
den-en familyhen-en familymen-en familypen-en familyten-en family
-et family
bet-et familyget-et familyjet-et familylet-et familymet-et familynet-et familypet-et familywet-et family
-id family
did-id familyhid-id familykid-id familylid-id family
-ig family
big-ig familydig-ig familypig-ig family
-im family
dim-im familyhim-im family
-in family
bin-in familyfin-in familypin-in family
-ip family
dip-ip familyhip-ip familylip-ip family
-it family
bit-it familyfit-it familyhit-it familypit-it familysit-it family
-ob family
bob-ob familycob-ob familyjob-ob familysob-ob family
-od family
cod-od familynod-od family
-og family
dog-og familyfog-og familyjog-og familylog-og family
-op family
hop-op familymop-op familypop-op family
-ot family
cot-ot familydot-ot familygot-ot familyhot-ot familylot-ot familynot-ot familypot-ot family
-ub family
cub-ub familyrub-ub familytub-ub family
-ud family
bud-ud familymud-ud family
-ug family
bug-ug familydug-ug familymug-ug familyrug-ug family
-un family
bun-un familyfun-un familysun-un family
-up family
cup-up familypup-up family
-ut family
but-ut familycut-ut familyhut-ut familynut-ut family
From familiar families to mixed words.
Try a group such as cat, hat, and mat. Then mix in map and cap, so the learner must attend to the ending as well as the first letter. Some families have only a few examples in this starter collection. The complete CVC words list includes the remaining words, and the CVC word sentences put them to work.