-ake Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
snake, brake, cake, lake, stake, rake

Teaching Notes

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

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family
A snake slides by the lake. We bake a cake and take a break. The rake and stake stand by. I brake the bike near the gate. It’s fun to eat cake by the lake.

Word Family to Learn

, , , , ,

Word Play

ake, ake, ake, ake, ake, ake

Sentences to Fill In

A slides by the .
We bake a and take a break.
The and stand by.
I b the bike near the gate.
It’s fun to eat by the .

Activities

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