Word Families: ad
| bad | cad | dad |
| had | lad | mad |
| pad | sad | Tad |
| Brad | Chad | clad |
| glad | grad |
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 bad: sound out the b and add the chunk ad forming bad.
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. For example if they know how to spell bad then they can remember the chunk (ad) to spell pad. They have to only replace the first letter.Ad Rhyme
By Mrs. Alphabet
Brad was a lad
Who was very sad
Then Brad's dad
Introduced him to Tad
Who showed him to Chad
Now they're all glad
Hanging out at Brad's pad.