-eep Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

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

Vocabulary

sleep, keep, deep, sheep, creep, peep

Teaching Notes

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

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🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family

We keep the sheep near the deep creek. They sleep under trees that peep moonlight. I creep quietly to see them sleep. The sheep make a soft beep sound. We keep them safe all night.

Word Play

eep, eep, eep, eep, eep, eep

Word Family to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

We the near the creek.

They under trees that moonlight.

I quietly to see them .

The make a soft beep sound.

We them safe all night.

Activities

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