-ain Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
rain, train, chain, brain, gain, pain

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
The rain falls on the train track. A chain swings in the rain. I use my brain to make a plan. We gain fun in the rain. No pain, just a happy train day!

Word Family to Learn

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Word Play

ain, ain, ain, ain, ain, ain

Sentences to Fill In

The falls on the track.
A swings in the .
I use my to make a plan.
We fun in the .
No , just a happy day!

Activities

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