Word Families: est
| best | guest | jest |
| nest | pest | quest |
| rest | test | vest |
|
west |
zest |
| blest | chest | crest |
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 best: sound out the b and add the chunk est forming best.
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 best then they can remember the chunk (est) to spell jest. They have to only replace the first letter.Est Rhyme
By Mrs. Alphabet
Our guest
Had a quest
To go west
And look for the best
Place for a nest.