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Learn to Read AD Word Family Reader & Activities

By thisreadingmama 8 Comments

Welcome back to the second short a word family of Learn to Read. Today, I’m sharing a free reader and other resources for the AD Word Family from Unit 1 of Learn to Read.

*The download for the free printable AD word family reader and activities can be found towards the end of this post. Click on the teal, oval button.

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Learn to Read: AD Word Family Reader & Activities

If you’ve used Reading the Alphabet, Learn to Read is a short vowel word family reading curriculum that comes right after! My Kindergartner is using it and I’ve already seen her blossom, with learning sight words and sounding out CVC words. Woohoo!

 

Reading the AD Word Family Reader

The AD reader features words from the AD word family as well as the new sight words make and said. (The sight words are from list A and B of my printable sight word lists.)

I use a long-armed stapler to put the book together. You can read more details on how to assemble the books the word family books or find a list of supplies for this curriculum.

 

AD Word Family printable puzzles

Included with the printable book are also AD family puzzles. These are great for helping kids sound out words. Plus, the picture makes them easy to correct.

 

rainbow roll and write make and said

This Rainbow Roll & Write activity gets kids roll and writing their sight words in different colors.

 

Roll Read and Find AD Word Family game

The free pack also comes with a fun Roll, Read, and Find activity, which reviews the word family and the new sight words.

 

Learn to Read AD Word Family Extras

The next few activities come from the Short a Unit 1 Pack, which you can find at my shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers.

 

ad word family poem - The Sad Lad

On day 1, I always read the short vowel poem, which has lots of words featuring the word family. It also has the two new sight words mixed in. After I read talk about the silly poem {a great way to build comprehension skills!!}, she helps me look for the word family and sight words. We highlight or underline them together.

 

ad and at word family sort

Sorting the AD words and AT words she had learned the week before. Love that these sorts of NO PREP!

 

ad word family flip book

One of my favorite things about the curriculum is that there are several different options for learning. For example, the pack has a word family slider, word sorts, a word family stamping page, and this little word family flip book. All of these can be interchanged, depending on the interest of your child/student. {By the way, if you create a little word family flip book for each word family, they could be linked together and become a visual word family word bank!}

 

making word searches more interactive

Word searches for each sight word are included in each pack. My goal was to make them a bit trickier, so kids have to really examine how the word is spelled. I love to make worksheets like this a little more interactive by pulling out the transparent counters.

 

writing how many times sight word was found in word search

Once the child finds the word multiple times in the word search, she writes how many times she found it. {Gotta sneak in some number writing!}

 

sight word activity page example for said

The sight word activity pages are a great way to get kids interacting with the sight word in multiple ways. Again, I love that it’s NO PREP for me!

 

FREE AT Word Family Reader and Activities from Learn to Read Unit 1 - This Reading Mama

You can also look back at last week’s AT Family post to see more word family and sight word extras that are included for each word family lesson.

 

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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Comments

  1. margie says

    March 5, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    Becky, I have a question for you! So.. I have a group of Kinders that I work with everyday. I have worked hard with them on many early literacy skills like print concepts, rhyme, alliteration, syllables, and letter-sound correspondence. They are ready to read! It can sometimes be so confusing because there is so much research out there, but should I begin working with these minders with word families, like the “at” family words…c-at, or is it more effective to sound out each letter..c-a-t? I realize that onset-rime is easier and usually what is recommend to start with… I appreciate your expertise!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 5, 2016 at 9:53 pm

      My answer to your question is that I like to mix word families and sounding out each letter. Both strategies can be taught. I am working through word families with my Kindergartner right now, teaching her to look for chunks she knows. But I’m also teaching her that she can sound through each letter of those CVC words. At this point, sounding through each letter is resonating with her the most, but I still think it’s important to help her see that some words are related by a pattern. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  2. Chai says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    Becky,

    Is there an electronic version for these books? I mean a version, where I can open it on my ipad and have my child read on it like a book, without having to print it nor to hunt for the next page in the print-ready version.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      April 25, 2017 at 8:55 pm

      There isn’t that option. Sorry about that!

      Reply
  3. mas says

    September 30, 2017 at 1:05 am

    great work thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 30, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      You’re welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Esperanca Santos says

    February 5, 2020 at 4:17 am

    Hi there!! Great resource. Do these books come in black and white?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 9, 2020 at 3:37 pm

      They do in the bundle-> https://shop.thisreadingmama.com/product/learn-to-read-short-a-unit-1/

      I also have a bundle of just the black and white readers -> https://shop.thisreadingmama.com/product/short-vowel-word-family-phonics-readers/

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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