Learn to Read AT Word Family Reader & Activities

I’m SO, SO excited to share the first of many freebies from Learn to Read! In this free pack, you’ll find a fun, little AT Word Family Reader plus a couple of sight word activities from Unit 1 of Learn to Read.

*The download for the free printable AT word family reader and activities can be found towards the end of this post. Just look for the teal, oval button!

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Learn to Read: AT Word Family Reader & Activities

At the end of fall, my Kindergartner finished the last lesson of Reading the Alphabet. It took us a school year and a half to get through it all {31 lessons} because we moved at her pace. I was just fine with that because I knew we were building a solid foundation for reading. With 26 sight words under her belt, her letters and sounds solid, a good grasp on phonological awareness, and a knowledge of a few word families, I knew she was ready for a next step.

That’s when Learn to Read was “born”. Learn to Read is designed to help kids take off with reading by focusing on common short vowel word families and beginning sight words from Dolch and Fry’s list. And today, I’m sharing a few freebies from the 200+ page bundle pack of Short a Unit 1.

With each word family, I’ve included a reader . The reader highlights word family words as well as two new sight words. {The review words are from Reading the Alphabet.}

To make the AT word family book, print the pages front and back on cardstock, fold in the center, then use a long armed stapler to staple it together, like you see in the image above.

It has been a complete joy watching her read these readers! She simply lights up each time. Love it!

Word family puzzles are also included in the free pack. Just print onto cardstock, cut apart, and use them to blend the three sounds of each word together. I love how the pictures make these puzzles naturally self-checking.

Included in this free pack is a fun Rainbow Roll & Write activity to practice writing the 2 new sight words featured in the reader. Simply roll the die and write the word in the color associated with the number.

She also enjoys our Roll, Read, and Find activity, which reviews word family words and sight words. Roll a die and read the sentence.

Then, trace, highlight, or underline the AT words. If you roll the same number again, read the sentence again and trace the AT words in a different color. And sometimes, kids miss the AT words altogether, like the #3 die {sat}, and when they roll it again, you challenge them to find another AT word to trace!

More Activities from Short a Unit 1

In the bundle pack of Unit 1, you’ll find many more AT word family and sight word activities. Take a peek at just a few of them below. I wish I had time to show them all to you!

Note: ALL color activities also come in black and white!

More AT Word Family Activities

Besides the color and black/white reader for the child, there’s a 1-page word family poem {written by yours truly} on a little harder level that provides for some fun comprehension.

Per the directions on the 5-day lesson plan, the child looks for and highlights the new sight words and word family words. Then, the child can help the adult read the highlighted words upon re-readings.

Pocket Chart Picture, Letter, & Word Cards

Stamp & Spell Word Families

More Sight Word Activities

The sight word playdough mats are functional in two ways. 1- Print and slip into a plastic sleeve protector. Follow the directions at the top of each section: Spell with playdough, spell with letters tiles, and practice writing the word with dry erase marker. Option one makes the mat re-usable!

2- Print on to copy paper. Follow the directions at the bottom of each section: Color the word, stamp the word, and trace with pencil.

This is BY FAR her favorite sight word activity. Instead of just a color by sight word page, the words are “hidden” in the picture. Kids have to find the 6 small sight words {A magnifying glass can be used, but isn’t absolutely necessary, since the words are big enough for most kids to see.}, write the words into the color key below, then use their own color key to color in the picture all crazy. FUN!

This is the Roll and Race sight word game. We usually use 1 die, but you could also play this game with 2 dice. I like that it integrates a little bit of math with the even and odd numbers.