We did it! We’re on the final lesson of Reading the Alphabet! Today, the focus is Reading the Alphabet UG Word Family.
If you’re wondering what comes next, check out our Learn to Read curriculum, which piggybacks off of Reading the Alphabet in terms of phonics skills and sight words. You can also snag the free word family books from Learn to Read.
*Keep scrolling until the end of this post to grab the free version of Reading the Alphabet UG Word Family.
You can purchase our updated Reading the Alphabet Bundle Pack, stream-lined for easy downloading! It also features TONS of bonus material that you can’t find in this free version!
Reading the Alphabet UG Word Family Activities
Lesson 31 focuses on learning words in the -UG family with a fun emergent reader! It also features letter and sight word review activities. The zip file {at the end of this post} also has a 5-day lesson outline to guide you through what we did each day.
Before reading through the new UG emergent reader, we did a few UG family activities, like
UG puzzles
UG Pocket Chart Matching
On the first read through, I left the pocket chart words up as a reference. We looked for the UG words in the text and he circled each one he found. Then we read the text together. On subsequent days, I turned more of the reading over to him.
We also used our bottle caps to spell AT, OT, IG, ET, and UG words. I spelled them incorrectly at first and he had to fix the mistake and make it right. He loves this activity!
His favorite activities in these review weeks are always the Roll-A-Rhyme and Roll an UG Word. He tries to see how hard he can throw these cubes. The lovely thing about them is that they are so soft and won’t hurt anything {or anybody}.
This week, he created a “rug” by gluing together two pieces of construction paper. He decorated a bug on another piece of paper, cut it out, and then we glued down the words in the right order. This craft serves many literacy purposes and has to if it wants to survive in this house {I really don’t like doing crafts}: fine motor, print awareness, review of phonics skills, and review of sight words.
He worked the sight word mazes from his Handwriting Notebook. As you can see, he enjoys re-doing the ones from previous weeks, too.
My favorite of the week was finding this after I left him to tend to NSis. He not only wrote his review words, but wrote many other words he’s learned through Reading the Alphabet!
All of the FREE activities original to This Reading Mama can be found by clicking below:
Don’t forget to check out Learn to Read!
Enjoy teaching!
~Becky
Anna - the Measured Mom says
May 31, 2013 at 8:47 amI’m excited to start your reading the alphabet series next week with my 4 1/2 year old. My 3 year old might be able to do a few things too. Can’t wait for my husband to install my new cork board so I have a place for my hanging charts 🙂
thisreadingmama says
May 31, 2013 at 8:51 pmYay! Let me know how it goes, Anna!
debchitwood says
May 31, 2013 at 9:43 amWow! It’s amazing that you completed your whole curriculum … and are sharing it! Thanks SO MUCH, Becky! I was very happy to feature your curriculum as the Free Printable(s) of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow (and on Pinterest).
thisreadingmama says
May 31, 2013 at 10:08 amThank you for sharing it. 🙂
Lauren says
September 5, 2013 at 5:30 amI found you site through another two weeks ago…now I’m knee deep in reading the alphabet! It was exactly the kind of thing that I wanted to create for my 4 year old but just didnt know where to start. We are onthe letter f week, but I’m already asking myself…..what will come next? After we finish up -ug……will there be a second level that goes a little deeper?
thisreadingmama says
September 5, 2013 at 7:27 amWe are going to start working through the BOB Books {but not exclusively}. Here’s the link to the free printables and info about BOB Books, you’re interested. https://thisreadingmama.com/2013/01/07/free-bob-book-printables/
Tova says
November 4, 2013 at 5:27 amI was so thrilled to come across your blog today and I have to thank you for these beautiful and all-inclusive lesson plans that you’ve shared – they look fantastic and I am really looking forward to implementing it with my 3 year old.
shabana says
January 11, 2015 at 8:07 pmPlease send me the link again to download Alphabet Bundle pack and Reading the alphabet .It says Download expired to go HOMEPAGE.
Melissa says
April 21, 2016 at 2:06 amWe love your program such much and have had great success. I love how each book builds from the previous one. My daughter has so much confidence through your program. She is always asking me to print more books and loves the stamping education cube games. Thank you so much! I always refer friends to your site.
thisreadingmama says
April 23, 2016 at 11:21 pmThanks so much! I’m so blessed to hear that your daughter is enjoying it!
kjeppsengroves says
April 9, 2017 at 5:07 pmHi, I have used your entire curriculum this last year and haved loved it. My now 4 year old is starting to read, and I have started my 2.5 year old on your curriculum. For some reason, I am unable to download your last lesson plan, the UG family word group. Any chance the file link is broken?
thisreadingmama says
April 25, 2017 at 9:06 pmIt shouldn’t be. Did you try it again?
Elena says
August 31, 2017 at 10:07 pmHi Becky. Thanks a lot for your HUGE work! I am really so impressed because I know how it is hard to FINISH this project. Accept my deep respect. I have 3 kids. My daughters are 10 and 14 right now. They began to read at their 3. I used Hooked on Phonics program. It took about 2 years to finish all 5 steps. Now they are very successful at school and really love to read. My girls could read English fluently before their kindergarten. During their kindergarten year they learned to read French and Russian. At their 6 (before grade 1) they read and understood English, French and Russian. I cannot do it with my son. Even only one language. He is 5. He has a lot of struggle with reading. I am too :)) with his “reading”. Hooked on Phonics program does not work with him. I will try your awesome program next week.
I was so lucky to “meet” you 🙂 and I am pretty sure your program will work! Thank you very much!
thisreadingmama says
September 13, 2017 at 7:24 amThey’re all different, aren’t they? I hope this can help him. 🙂
Bing says
September 13, 2017 at 3:14 amThank you very much for this.Its a great blessing!
thisreadingmama says
September 13, 2017 at 7:23 amYou’re welcome! 🙂
Beth says
February 4, 2018 at 2:05 pmThank You so much for sharing this AMAZING program for free. I am a former preschool teacher of 20 years but decided to stay home 7 years ago when my 1st grandchild was born, I am an avid reader & couldnt wait for my grandkids to learn to read, your program has been a great addition to our Nene(that is what they call me) school. I pray that God blesses you as much as you have blessed those of us using your program.