-old Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
cold, gold, hold, told, fold, sold

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
It is cold but I hold gold. Dad told a tale that never gets old. We fold clothes and stay bold. The cold wind made us huddle. A story told keeps us warm.

Word Family to Learn

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Word Play

old, old, old, old, old, old

Sentences to Fill In

It is but I .
Dad a tale that never gets old.
We clothes and stay bold.
The wind made us huddle.
A story keeps us warm.

Activities

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