Word Families: ing
| ding | king | ping |
| ling | ring | sing |
| ting | wing | zing |
| bring | cling | fling |
| sling | spring | sting |
| string | swing | thing |
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 ding: sound out the d and add the chunk ing forming ding.
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 ding then they can remember the chunk (ing) to spell king. They have to only replace the first letter.Ing Rhyme
By Mrs. Alphabet
There once was king
Who had a fling
In the spring
Everyone wanted to sing
So at the ring
He would bring
The band so all could swing!