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 download!
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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.
She also loves it when she beats me at the Roll It! Read It! Game, which we usually play on day 5 of the word family lesson.
Find all these activities and MORE in the entire 200+ page Unit 1 of Learn to Read!
OR grab the ENTIRE Learn to Read Bundle Pack!
~Becky
You have excellent resources for young readers.
At what age can you begin using the learn to read resource
After learning almost all the letters I thought it might be time we tried one of your readers….My children loved to learn something new, not just letters and numbers (well, we do different themes like transportation, under the sea too)…my nearly 6 year old got the concept on the word family pretty fast….so fast that we learnt the family in the morning and she already read the On the mat booklet by herself this evening…well at least 3 times aloud for me….she looked really happy and proud of herself 😀 Thanks for the resources
I have 1 question about the readers…I was wondering if you plan to create an ‘-am’ family reader too?
Thanks again
I don’t have plans at this time, but it’s one of my long-term goals.
Do you have a resource with just the sight word play dough mats? I have been making mats like these that I just found. I would love to have the mats instead of reinventing the wheel
I don’t offer those separately. Sorry.
Hello For the printable word family books, are you saying to print on both sides of the paper? Just want to be sure since my home printer does not have that feature. thank you!
Yes. My older printer didn’t either. I got around this by manually pulling out the paper and turning it over so it would print on the other side. 🙂
I printed the On the Mat book on both sides. They printed upside down on the opposite sides. Thought you’d like to know.
Oh my! Did you follow the tutorial post here? -> https://thisreadingmama.com/assembling-word-family-books/
My students love her CVC word books! They challenge them, but they are excited to read them. These are my favorite things she has on her blog!