First, lets review what word families are…
Word families are words which end the same forming a chunk that the children can learn to say altogether rather than sounding out each letter sound. For example can: sound out the c and add the chunk an forming can.
Word families also encourage children to find patterns in words so they can recall this information in a timely fashion.
Word families encourage children to spell better as you guide them to search for a word in the family that they already know how to spell. …read more