Do you know what ail, pail, mail, and fail have in common?
Yup, you guessed it!
They are a part of word families!
Word Families are words that share the same pattern of letters.
For example: main, pain, stain, and gain share "-ain."
When a child is able to identify the "-ain" chunk or other word family chunks,
then the child is more likely able to identify similar words.
This will eventually allow the child to read better and become fluent with his/ her reading.
If you feel that your child could use some help with reading,
consider this approach during your reading time with your child.
An approach that I have used with my children is before we read a story,
we will review the text and identify 1 or 2 word families in our story.
Here are some links that I hope you find valuable:
Happy Reading!
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