-am Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

Students will read and use -am family words to build phonics and fluency.

Vocabulary

Sam, ham, jam, ram, clam

Teaching Notes

• Blend onsets with -am.
• Read the story aloud and highlight -am words.
• Practice onset-rime segmentation with students.

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🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family

Sam likes jam on a bit of ham. He shares the jam with the clam toy. A ram on a page makes Sam laugh. Sam taps the jar and says, yum, jam! They snack and chat with Sam.

Word Play

am, am, am, am, am

Word Family to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

likes on a bit of .

He shares the with the toy.

A on a page makes laugh.

taps the jar and says, yum, !

They snack and chat with .

Activities

• Act out or illustrate the story.
• Write two new sentences with -am words.

Games

• “Missing Letter”: fill in the hidden onsets in Word Play.
• “Speed Build”: say each full word out loud after filling in.

Reflection

• My favorite -am word today is:
• Now make your own sentence using some of the -am words you learned.