-old Word Family

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

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

Vocabulary

gold, cold, fold, hold, told, sold

Teaching Notes

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

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🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Reading Story with Word Family

It is cold but we hold gold cups. Dad told us tales from old times. We fold maps and stay bold. The wind blows cold and wild. Stories told by fire make us warm.

Word Play

old, old, old, old, old, old

Word Family to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

It is but we cups.

Dad us tales from old times.

We maps and stay bold.

The wind blows and wild.

Stories by fire make us warm.

Activities

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