-ell Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
bell, fell, Nell, sell, tell, well

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
Nell rings the bell quite well. She will tell a tale that fell. The smell of pie makes Nell smile. Friends yell, ‘Ring it well!’ All ends well with Nell and the bell.

Word Family to Learn

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Word Play

ell, ell, ell, ell, ell, ell

Sentences to Fill In

rings the quite .
She will a tale that .
The smell of pie makes smile.
Friends yell, ‘Ring it !’
All ends with and the .

Activities

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