-ent Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

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

Vocabulary

bent, cent, dent, lent, rent, spent

Teaching Notes

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

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🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family

Kent bent a stick that he lent. He spent a cent to fix the tent. A dent on the bike made him sigh. He went to mend it and try. Now it’s fixed and good to ride.

Word Play

ent, ent, ent, ent, ent, ent

Word Family to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

Kent a stick that he .

He a to fix the tent.

A on the bike made him sigh.

He went to mend it and try.

Now it’s fixed and good to ride.

Activities

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