Word Families

On our morning message today we practiced changing the initial phoneme in CVC words to make new words. We created an -at family house. We also read a funny book with the same word family called "Pat the Cat."

During this activity we were working on the following kindergarten common core standard:

Reading: Foundational Skills

Phonological Awareness

2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

1. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
2. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
3. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
4. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. ¹ (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
5. Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.