Short i word families worksheets
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Words in the same family share their ending: win and chin are -in words; kick and stick are -ick words.
Two grades, one set of words: both print from the same 36. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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Kindergarten
The short-i families here are -in (pin, win), -ip (dip, zip), and -ick (kick, stick). Kindergartners sort by the rhyming ending and meet the ck spelling, English's favorite way to end a short-vowel word.
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1st grade Core grade
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First graders sort -in, -ip, and -ick words fast and use the families to read blends: if a child owns in, then pin and tin are one sound away, and spin, grin, and twin are one blend away. The -ick column quietly teaches the ck ending rule.
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