-an Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
man, can, pan, ran, fan, van

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
A man can fix a fan in his van. He ran to get a pan for the plan. The fan can cool the van. The man packs a can in the van. He waves a fan at the sand.

Word Family to Learn

, , , , ,

Word Play

an, an, an, an, an, an

Sentences to Fill In

A <s class='hidden-answer'>man</s> <s class='hidden-answer'>can</s> fix a in his .
He to get a for the plan.
The <s class='hidden-answer'>can</s> cool the .
The <s class='hidden-answer'>man</s> packs a <s class='hidden-answer'>can</s> in the .
He waves a at the sand.

Activities

• Act out or illustrate the story.
• Write two new sentences with -an 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 -an word today is:
• Now make your own sentence using some of the -an words you learned.