BCSC 1st Grade Word Families for 2010-2011

The following lists are not all-inclusive, but most common. They are a minimum students at each grade level should read and understand how to create word families by the current school year end. Others may be added based on your classroom of students.

Incorporate word families into working with words study.

1st Grade
-an / can / fan / man / pan / ran / tan / van / bran / plan / than / scan / span / Dan / clan
-ap / cap / lap / map / nap / rap / tap / clap / flap / scrap / slap / snap / strap / trap / wrap
-at / bat / cat / fat / hat / mat / rat / sat / brat / chat / flat / spat / that / slat / scat
-ack / back / pack / quack / rack / black / crack / shack / snack / stack / track / sack / hack / tack / whack
-ig / big / dig / fig / jig / pig / rig / wig / sprig / swig / twig
-in / bin / fin / kin / pin / tin / win / chin / grin / skin / spin / thin / twin
-it / hit / sit / fit / pit / kit / bit / wit / lit / knit / quit / spit / skit / slit / split
-ick / hick / kick / lick / pick / sick / tick / wick / quick / brick / chick / click / slick / stick / trick
-op / bop / cop / hop / mop / pop / sop / top / chop / crop / drop / flop / plop / shop / stop
-ot / cot / dot / got / hot / jot / knot / lot / not / pot / rot / tot / plot / shot / spot
-ock / dock / hock / knock / lock / mock / rock / sock / tock / block / clock / shock / stock
-ook / book / cook / hook / look / nook / took / brook / crook / shook
-ug / bug / dug / hug / jug / mug / pug / rug / tug / chug / drug / plug / slug / snug
-un / bun / fun / gun / nun / pun / run / sun / shun / spun / stun
-ut / but / cut / gut / hut / nut / rut / Tut / shut / strut
-uck / buck / duck / luck / muck / puck / tuck / cluck / pluck / stuck / struck / truck
-ed / bed / fed / led / red / wed / bled / bred / fled / shed / shred / sled / sped
-en / den / hen / men / pen / ten / then / when / wren
-et / bet / get / jet / let / met / net / pet / set / wet / yet / fret
-ell / bell / cell / dell / fell / jell / sell / tell / well / yell / dwell / shell / smell / spell / swell