-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.
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🧒 Student Worksheet
Helping Material
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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 Play
ake, ake, ake, ake, ake, ake
Word Family to Learn
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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.