-ot Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
cot, pot, hot, lot, dot

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
A pot is hot on the cot. A dot is on the pot a lot. I got the pot and set it in the spot. The lot is not hot now. Mom puts the pot back on the dot.

Word Family to Learn

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Word Play

ot, ot, ot, ot, ot

Sentences to Fill In

A is on the .
A is on the a .
I got the and set it in the s.
The is not now.
Mom puts the back on the .

Activities

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