-um Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
gum, hum, drum, chum, plum, sum

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
I hum a tune with my chum. He plays a drum and chews gum. A plum drops with a thrum sound. We sum our fun and run home. A good day with drum and hum.

Word Family to Learn

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Word Play

um, um, um, um, um, um

Sentences to Fill In

I a tune with my c.
He plays a and chews .
A drops with a thrum sound.
We our fun and run home.
A good day with and .

Activities

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