Colouring NestWord Families: -at and -an
- Ages 5–7
- Easy
- 2 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
- Updated
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Two word family houses. The -at house has a cat, a hat and a bat; the -an house has a van, a can, a pan and a fan. Next to each picture is a box and the family ending. Children say the word, write its first letter and read the whole word back. Seeing the same ending again and again shows how one letter change makes a new word that rhymes. Page 2 is the answer key.
Also try: Word Families: -ig, -op and -ug · Word Family Sort Cut and Paste · Pre-Primer Sight Words
Tips for this phonics worksheet
- Read the family ending first: -at, -an.
- Say the picture name and listen for its first sound.
- Make more words that rhyme: sat, mat, man, ran.
Page 2 of the PDF is the answer key. The letter tracing pages help when a letter is hard to write. When this sheet feels easy, move on to the digraph sort and the pre-primer sight words. See all phonics worksheets.
For teachers and parents
- What it practises
- Hearing beginning and ending sounds and matching them to letters, short vowels and blending and spelling CVC words; word families, digraphs sh, ch, th, wh and ck
- How to use it
- Say every picture name out loud and slowly, stretching the sounds. Tap one finger per sound before writing, then blend the sounds back into the word. Answers on page 2.
- Time
- About 10–15 minutes
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Printing tips
- Say each picture name out loud, slowly, stretching the sounds.
- Point to each letter as you say its sound, then blend the sounds into the word.
- Mark with page 2 and say the right answer together.
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