-eep Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

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

Vocabulary

sleep, keep, sheep, deep, creep, peep

Teaching Notes

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

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🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family

I keep a sheep near my jeep. We sleep deep under the moon. A peep from the sheep wakes me. We creep quietly by the creek. The night is calm and steep in dreams.

Word Play

eep, eep, eep, eep, eep, eep

Word Family to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

I a near my jeep.

We under the moon.

A from the wakes me.

We quietly by the creek.

The night is calm and steep in dreams.

Activities

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