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Try this hands-on short i word family activity!

Looking for a short i word family activity? Print and assemble these hands-on word family houses!

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I’ve written before about the importance of learning to read with word families.  Over the past few months I’ve offered a set of printables for the short a word families.  We’re moving on!  Here you’ll find six free printable word family houses and wheels for short i.

I’ve created these for my 4 1/2 year old, whose sight word knowledge is growing as he reads emergent readers (get my free emergent readers here!).  He can also sound out basic three letter words, but asking him to do flash cards feels unfair.  Instead, my active boy will zip through these word family houses without resistance.

 To assemble the word family houses, follow these steps:

1) Print the document on brightly colored cardstock.  Here’s what a sample download will look like:

word family wheel and house

2. Cut out the house and wheel.  Make sure to cut into the house and snip out the window, too.

3. Laminate both pieces. I love this affordable home laminator.  If you’ve cut out the window before laminating, you will have a nice clear window.   This is what you will have:

word family wheel and house

4. Attach the pieces together with a brass fastener.  Here are our finished houses:

word family houses

And here’s My Four reading through the stack.

child reading word family house

 

Update: All the short vowel word family houses are complete! Get them here:

Short a
Short e
Short o
Short u

 

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33 Comments

  1. Michelle Weiss

    Hello,
    I’m currently doing my student teaching in a kindergarten classroom, and I am so glad that I found your page. You have such wonderful ideas! I just printed nearly all of your word family houses because they are so fabulous, and I’m so excited to share them with the kiddos. They look really nice, and I’m so appreciative that you are willing to share your ideas (especially for free)!
    Thanks!

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  2. Nicki Kent

    I love your stuff! SO helpful for my kindergarten class… So excited to use these with my kids! Ps. The short a word family Read n’ Stick mats wouldnt open the same way as all the others. Not sure if its my computer or not but was wondering if they were a different type of file somehow or something?

    Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful creations!
    NIcki

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Nicki! I’m so glad you’re finding things to use in your classroom – I love when teachers find me! The short a read ‘n stick mats were one of the first printables I created, so I may have uploaded them differently. Will try to remember to put that on my to-do list – to check it out. Thanks for the FYI!

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  3. Margie

    Thanks, Anna, for the word family houses. The short a ones are ready for use in my classroom. I’m so glad to see these short i ones, too. My students are going to love them. Keep up the wonderful work!
    margie

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  7. Deceptively Educational

    These printables are amazing (thank you for your generosity) and ever so helpful. Thanks for sharing at the After School Linky Party. I’m featuring this tomorrow. Stop by and check it out and keep sharing your phenomenal ideas and activities. I love to see what you’re up to each week!

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    • annageig

      Thanks, Katie! Confession — I saw something like this on Pinterest — the poster had a photograph of them but couldn’t remember where she’d gotten them. So I copied the idea and made my own. Originality is not my strength!

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