Word Families: ed
| bed | Ed | fed |
| led | Ned | ped |
| red | Ted | wed |
| bled | fled | pled |
| shed | shred | sled |
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 bed: sound out the b and add the chunk ed forming bed.
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 bed then they can remember the chunk (ed) to spell fed. They have to only replace the first letter.Ed Rhyme
By Mrs. Alphabet
My friend Ted
Bled and bled
When his sled
Hit Ed and Ned.
Ted had to go to bed
Right after he was fed.