-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.

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🧒 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 Play

ot, ot, ot, ot, ot

Word Family to Learn

, , , ,

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.