Easy Word Family Flip Books

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Purpose of the Lesson:

To build sight word vocabulary through the creation of a “__at” word family flip book. This lesson can also be used for “et,” “ig,” “in,” “an,” “all,” or any word family.

Summary:

Students will create a sight word flip book.

Literacy Links:

• Vocabulary Development
• Decoding Skills
• Word Families
• Sight Vocabulary
• Writing – Letters
• Writing – Words

Materials:

• 8 ½ x 11 construction paper
• Crayons
• Post-it notes

Introduction:

Ask the class:

What sound does “at” make? What are some words that end in “at”?

Process:

1. Give each student one piece of construction paper.
2. Have them fold the paper in half to create a book.

3. Lay the book flat so that the folded edge or spine is at the top. The construction paper is the cover and should be labeled “My __at Flip Book”. Now open the book.
4. Pass out a small stack of four post-it notes to each student. Have them stick the stack inside the folded construction paper on the left side. The children should write a different consonant letter on each post-it note (i.e. b, c, f, h).
5. Pass out another set of four post-it notes and have students place them on the right side of the construction paper.
6. In the space between the two sets of post-its, have students write “at” on the construction paper.
7. Next, allow the students to draw a picture of a bat on the top right post-it.
8. The children should flip to the second far right post-it and draw a cat, the third post-it should have a drawing of something fat, and the fourth should have a drawing of a hat.

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9. Finally, allow students to practice reading their books to themselves by flipping the post-its and matching their illustrations to each word.

Here are some of the combinations for the word family flip books:

• AT: bat, cat, fat, hat
• ET: jet, pet, set, wet
• IG: dig, fig, jig, wig
• OG: cog, dog, fog, log
• UG: bug, dug, jug, pug

Extender:

You can also use the word flip book for final consonants.

Eg.

Here are some of the combinations for final consonants for the word family flip books:

• T: bat, cat, fit, hot
• G: dig, fog, gag, wig
• D: sad, bed, band, hid