-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.

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🧒 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 Play

ell, ell, ell, ell, ell, ell

Word Family to Learn

, , , , ,

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.