Description
These Science of Reading-aligned Word Family House Posters and Activities give you everything you need to introduce, practice, and reinforce CVC word families across all five short vowels. Display the color posters during instruction, set out the sort mats at centers, and use the word family sort worksheets for accountability during centers and reinforcement.
What’s Included
Word Family House Posters (22 color posters)
- One poster per word family — displays the family label and 4 CVC words, each paired with a matching picture
- Use as a classroom anchor chart, small group reference, or center display
Word Family Sort Mats (22 color mats)
- Laminate and use at centers for hands-on sorting practice
- Mix and compare word families that you are targeting in your classroom
Word Family Sort Worksheets (22 worksheets)
- Two houses per page. Students cut and paste pictures into the correct word family house
Word Families Covered (22 families)
- Short a: -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -at
- Short e: -ed, -en, -et
- Short i: -ig, -im, -in, -ip, -it
- Short o: -ob, -og, -op, -ot
- Short u: -ub, -ug, -un
Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Three components, one resource:Â The posters, sort mats, and worksheets work together as a teaching sequence. Introduce with the posters, practice at centers with the sorting mats, reinforce with the worksheets
- Builds pattern recognition:Â Grouping words by family helps students see and internalize the rime unit which is a key step in CVC decoding fluency
- Reusable center mats:Â Laminate the color sort mats and use them all year
- Easy differentiation:Â Use the posters as a visual scaffold for students who need support while others sort independently
How to Use This Resource
These kindergarten CVC word family activities are ideal for:
- Literacy centers and phonics rotations
- Small group instruction and guided practice
- Independent practice and early finishers
- Morning bins / soft start
- Assessment and data collection (worksheets with name line)
- Sub plans
Skills Covered
This resource supports students as they practice:
- CVC word family pattern recognition
- Decoding CVC words across all five short vowels
- Letter-sound correspondence
- Categorizing words by rime unit
- Matching written words to pictures
If you are teaching CVC word families and want a resource that takes students from first introduction to independent practice, these Word Family Houses give you 22 families worth of posters, sorting mats, and worksheets.
