Word Families: ew
| dew | few | knew |
| mew | new | view |
| brew | crew | drew |
| flew | grew | stew |
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 dew: sound out the d and add the chunk ew forming dew.
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 dew then they can remember the chunk (ew) to spell new. They have to only replace the first letter.Ew Rhyme
By Mrs. Alphabet
The dance crew
Started with a few.
Then grew and grew
Until they knew
No one new
Could join the crew.