Today I’m sharing my second set of printable books that teach reading with word families.
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Even though I’ve shared a giant set of sight word readers, I also do a lot of phonics-related activities when teaching my children to read. We center our phonics work around word families. If you haven’t checked out my collection of hands-on word family activities, don’t miss them!
I’m creating a set of phonics readers to use alongside my sight word readers. Each set of books features a particular short vowel. Time for short i! In my first collection (short a books), I explained exactly why I designed these and how to use them. Check out my short a phonics books if you’d like to know more.
Each book’s cover has the name of the word family. I always help my Four figure out the word family’s name before opening the book.
Each book begins the same, with another chance to identify the word family. The page on the right has a new word. I use two different colors so your child can learn to read the word family as a single chunk. This word would be /r/ /ip/ instead of /r/ /i/ /p/. There’s no picture because I want kids to really focus on the letters.
When you turn the page, the word appears again in a sentence. I’ve included only a small group of sight words which are listed on the back cover.
These books can be used to supplement your curriculum, but they work especially well with Reading the Alphabet. The short i readers are designed to be used after lesson 13.
Your child always gets a chance to check his reading when he turns the page.
I add words that begin with digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch) toward the end of each book.
Beginning blends are tough! After working at this one a little while (“/t/ /r/ /ip/”) my Four put the letters together himself! We were both excited that he figured out this toughie on his own.
Another tough one!
On the last page your child can read through all the words one more time.
I am thrilled with how well these are working to help my little guy crack the “sound it out” code. For our first session with the short i books, he read four books and was done. We’ll pull out the rest another time. I hope you enjoy them – we are!
How to assemble:
- Print pages 2-29 front to back (page 1 is my Terms of Use). I like to use light cardstock to make the books durable.
- Separate the stack into each individual book. Each book consists of two pages front to back.
- Cut across the horizontal center of the pages.
- Insert the pages into each other, using the page numbers as a guide.
- Staple with a long arm stapler.
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M. Paredes says
October 22, 2014 at 9:02 pmI can’t thank you enough! I was just given a kinder class this year and have nothing! This is a blessing and I cannot thank you enough!
Anna Geiger says
October 23, 2014 at 5:41 pmYou’re so welcome – I’m thrilled you can use them! Be sure to check out my free printables page and other tabs at the top. There are LOTS of resources here for kindergarten.
Penelope says
December 12, 2014 at 3:02 pmThank you for these. I am printing them out right now to support our teaching at home.
Kate says
January 31, 2015 at 8:09 pmSo excited to use these in a few weeks! I’m printing them tonight, along with the “summer” and “patriotic” sight word readers. We’re going through the a-family word books right now. I am so impressed with my 4-year-old’s progress. The best part is, that so far, reading is fun for him. My hope is that learning to read is never an unpleasant experience for him.
Anna Geiger says
February 6, 2015 at 1:41 pmKnowing you as I do, I’m sure he’ll always love it!
Puteri says
February 8, 2015 at 1:47 amThank you for sharing all these.
I cant wait to use these for my son and children in class.
Anna Geiger says
February 19, 2015 at 10:39 amYou’re very welcome, Puteri! I hope you get a lot of use out of them.
karly says
February 22, 2015 at 2:53 pmhelp. what am I doing wrong? when I print your phonic readers, I end up with four pages on a letter size sheet… so then the booklet doesn’t match up! I can see from your sample pics that you only have two pages per letter size sheet.
Anna Geiger says
February 22, 2015 at 2:57 pmHi Karly,
You DO have four pages on a letter sized sheet. When you print front to back, you cut across the horizontal centers and insert the pages into each other before stapling. Hopefully the tutorial on this page will clear things up for you: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books/
karly says
February 22, 2015 at 11:46 pmThanks! I figured out it was a setting on my printer! Sorry to have bothered you. It was giving me two whole pages on one page… so I ended up with 8 pages on one sheet! But it’s all fixed now, printed, cut and laminated! Thank you so much for sharing this material… I’m looking forward to using it in my K class. 🙂
Aastha dave says
November 4, 2015 at 5:20 pmHi I want to print all yourphonics family books. They are fantastic.How I download and print them
Anna Geiger says
November 4, 2015 at 5:39 pmClick on the word HERE to download. Then follow the assembly instructions in the post. If you’re having trouble downloading, check out this post:
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/
hajar says
January 18, 2016 at 1:11 amthank you for sharing!!
I’m so excitedddd
Anna Geiger says
January 18, 2016 at 5:28 pmYou’re very welcome, Hajar!
Dohnia says
January 23, 2016 at 2:57 pmGreat resource!
Anna Geiger says
January 26, 2016 at 7:46 pmSo glad you can use them!
Mehwish says
February 4, 2016 at 1:31 amThank you so much for the wonderful stuff. May God bless you.
Anna Geiger says
February 4, 2016 at 8:41 amYou’re very welcome!
Yulandi says
February 10, 2016 at 4:36 amGood Day,
I am trying to download (Short i Phonics Reader Set 2) but it keeps on telling me download failed or no file. Please can you help me to get the file.
And also thank you so much for these they are so helpful.
Anna Geiger says
February 10, 2016 at 5:24 amTry these tips! https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/
June says
March 26, 2016 at 11:36 pmI’m having problems download also. It starts then stalls out and freezes both on my laptop and my desktop. I tried the download link you provided above with the same results. I also tried on both Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.
Anna Geiger says
March 28, 2016 at 5:29 pmDid you try the trick where you right click and choose “save link as”?
Becc says
June 15, 2016 at 5:47 amThankyou so much for all your handy resources!! I am a graduating teacher this year from Australia and use your tools a lot! Very easy and simple for a teacher who is starting out!
Anna Geiger says
June 18, 2016 at 10:10 amI’m so glad these have been useful for you, Becc!
Lien says
July 13, 2016 at 4:30 amHi Anna!
I’m looking for phonics story books.
If you have audio file, please share me!
Thank you so much for your sharing.
Anna Geiger says
July 17, 2016 at 4:48 pmSorry, I don’t have audio files!
Dima says
August 22, 2016 at 6:19 pmThese books are amazing! you really deserve to be paid for the hard work you’ve done <3 <3
Anna Geiger says
August 24, 2016 at 9:08 pmThank you for your kind words, Dima!
carolina says
September 6, 2016 at 6:57 pmBeautiful work !! A million thanks for all of these ..
Anna Geiger says
September 17, 2016 at 6:25 amYou’re very welcome, Carolina!
imelda banan says
May 8, 2017 at 3:35 amThank you for these amazing free reading materials . These helped me a lot cause we lack resources for books. These help a lot specially my slow readers. Thanks a million!
Anna Geiger says
May 13, 2017 at 4:49 pmYou’re very welcome, Imelda!
jessie says
January 15, 2018 at 7:24 amthis is the same as set 21
Anna G says
January 27, 2018 at 7:52 pmI’m sorry, I’m not sure what you mean. This is set 21: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books-set-21/
AD says
January 17, 2019 at 8:24 pmHi , thank you for the worksheets /ideas and all the supplies. it has been a great help to teach my kid and keep her occupied.
Anna G says
January 23, 2019 at 7:09 amYou’re very welcome!
chu says
January 23, 2019 at 9:43 pmThank you for these GREAT free reading materials . These helped me a lot teach my kids . Thanks very much!
Anna G says
January 27, 2019 at 7:48 amYou’re welcome, Chu!
Virgin Juliana says
February 4, 2019 at 5:36 amDear Anna,
Thank you very much for all printables, especially the free phonic sets. I have download my first 2 sets. I wish I can do more 😄
I’m a kinder teacher from Jakarta, Ina. Your blog surely a BIG help. Thanks!
Sincerely,
VJB
Anna G says
February 10, 2019 at 4:00 pmYou’re welcome!
Sam says
May 9, 2019 at 6:50 amHi Anna,
Thank you for the lovely phonics sets. My kids love these.
Good wishes!
Sam