A word family is a group of words that share the same ending or a rime. The following words are included in the -US word family:us bus Gus pus plus thus-US Word Family Worksheets We created the following free -US word family worksheets to assist your child or student with this
A group of words with the same ending (rime) is commonly referred to as a word family, e.g. cat, hat. Word families help young readers notice features of words, e.g., patterns and rimes.
| Common Word Family | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ay | -ill | -ip | -at | -am | -ag |
| -ack | -ank | - ick | -ell | -ot | -ing |
| -ap | -unk | -ail | -ain | -eed | -y |
| -out | -ug | -op | -in | -an | -est |
| -ink | -ow | -ew | -ore | -ed | -ab |
| -ob | -ock | -ake | -ine | -ight | -im |
| -uck | -um | ||||
List of Word Families
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Both of my children received formal instruction in kindergarten, when kindergarten word families were systematically introduced.