-y Word Family
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will read and use -y family words to build phonics and fluency.
Vocabulary
cry, fly, shy, dry, try, sky
Teaching Notes
- Blend onsets with -y.
- Read the story aloud and highlight -y words.
- Practice onset-rime segmentation with students.
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🧒 Student Worksheet
Helping Material
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Reading Story with Word Family
I try to fly in the blue sky. A shy bird will cry nearby. We dry our clothes on a line high. I will try again to fly high. The sky smiles when clouds pass by.
Word Play
y, y, y, y, y, y
Word Family to Learn
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Sentences to Fill In
I to in the blue .
A bird will nearby.
We our clothes on a line high.
I will again to high.
The smiles when clouds pass by.
Activities
- Act out or illustrate the story.
- Write two new sentences with -y 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 -y word today is:
- Now make your own sentence using some of the -y words you learned.