-ow Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

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

Vocabulary

bow, cow, plow, snow, grow, crow

Teaching Notes

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

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🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family

A cow walks in the snow to plow. A crow will bow by the window. We grow plants under snow. I throw a snowball to my friend. The crow and cow both bow now.

Word Play

ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow

Word Family to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

A walks in the to .

A will by the window.

We plants under .

I throw a ball to my friend.

The and both now.

Activities

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