Word Family Units

Check out our word spinner, mini-book, word cards, and more worksheets for the -ab word family. Words in this unit include jab, lab, grab, crab, slab, gab, cab, scab, blab, and dab.

Print a matching game, a reading slider, a word wheel, flashcards, and a mini-book to help students learn to read words in the -ack word family. Words include: pack, back, rack, jack, snack, and black.

This week's word family unit contains words that end in -ad. Print out a word wheel, flashcards, a match game, and more! Words: pad, glad, sad, bad, dad, mad, and had.

This unit is centered on words that end in -ag. Try out the reading slider, flashcards, and other worksheets. Includes: snag, bag, wag, nag, tag, sag, and rag.

This unit is packed with printable activities for words that end in -ail. Includes a trace and write worksheet, matching game, mini-book, and more! Mail, snail, nail, tail, sail, trail, fail, and pail.

This week's word family unit features words that end with -ain. Print out a word wheel, tracing worksheets, and flashcards. Words include: train, drain, rain, gain, chain, brain, main, and pain.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit focusing on words that end in -ake.

Words that end with -all are the focus for this word family unit. This unit includes printable tracing worksheets, flashcards, and a word slider.

This unit includes the words ham, jam, Sam, clam, slam, yam, ram, and swam. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

The -an word family includes the words man, pan, ran, than, van, can, plan, and fan.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit focusing on words that end in -and.

The -ap word family unit features words that end in -ap. Try the flashcards, matching game, word wheel, and more! Map, tap, gap, nap, trap, lap, cap, and snap.

Download and print a word slider, flash cards, and other worksheets featuring words that end in -at. Words include: hat, sat, bat, flat, that, mat, cat, and rat.

This week's word family unit features words that end in -ate. Print out a word wheel, tracing worksheets, and flashcards. Words: date, state, rate, skate, late, gate, mate, and plate.

This unit is centered on words that end with -aw. Try out the reading slider, flashcards, and other worksheets. Includes: jaw, claw, law, straw, saw, raw, draw, and paw.

The -ay word family unit includes the words: may, clay, way, pay, jay, bay, and say. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

The -eal family of words contains the words: teal, deal, meal, seal, real, steal, and heal. Print out a word wheel, word slider, tracing worksheets, and more!

Words that end with -ear are the center for this word family unit. These worksheets are spread into two groups, words that sound like "wear", and words that sound like "hear". This unit includes printable tracing worksheets, flashcards, and word sliders.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and much more in this week's word family unit featuring words that end with -eat.

Words that end in -ed are the center for this word family unit. This unit includes printable tracing worksheets, flashcards, and a word slider.

Print a matching game, a reading-slider, a word-wheel, flashcards, and a mini-book to help students learn to read words in the -eel word family. Words include: feel, kneel, reel, peel, heel, and wheel.

This week's word family unit contains words that end with -eep. Print out a word wheel, flashcards, a match game, and more! Words: steep, sweep, beep, sheep, deep, keep, and sleep.

This unit is centered on words that end with -eet. Try out the reading slider, flashcards, and other worksheets. Includes: sweet, feet, meet, beet, sheet, tweet, greet, and street.

This week's word family unit features words that end in -ell. Print out a word wheel, tracing worksheets, and flashcards. Words: sell, tell, spell, well, bell, shell, fell, yell, and smell.

This week's word family unit features words that end with -en. Print out a word wheel, tracing worksheets, and flashcards. Words include: ten, pen, den, then, men, hen, and when.

This unit is centered on words that end in -end. Try out the reading slider, flashcards, and other worksheets. Includes: send, spend, blend, lend, mend, bend, and friend.

This unit includes the words sent, rent, dent, went, tent, cent, bent, and spent. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

This unit is packed with printable activities for words that end with -ere. Includes a trace-and-write worksheet, matching game, mini-book, and more!

The -est family of words contains the words: west, pest, chest, rest, vest, best, test, and nest. Print out a word wheel, word slider, tracing worksheets, and more!

The -et word family unit includes the words: net, let, jet, vet, pet, wet, yet, set, and get. You'll find a printable word wheel, word slider, flashcards, worksheets, and more!

This unit includes the words: new, flew, few, grew, crew, knew, drew, and stew. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

The -ice word family includes the words: rice, price, nice, spice, mice, twice, dice, and slice.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit focusing on words that end in -ick.

Download and print a mini-book, a word slider, word games, and other worksheets featuring words that end with -ed. Words include: twig, wig, dig, fig, pig, and big.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit featuring words that end with -ight.

This word family unit features words that end with -ike. Print out flashcards, writing worksheets, and a word slider. Words include: strike, spike, like, hike, and bike.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit containing words that end with -ime.

Print a matching game, a reading slider, a word wheel, flashcards, and a mini-book to help students learn to read words in the -in word family. Words include: in, tin, spin, twin, bin, chin, grin, pin, win, thin, fin, and skin.

The -ine word family unit features words that end with -ine. Try the flashcards, matching game, word wheel, and more!

This week's word family unit contains words that end with -ing. Print out a word wheel, flashcards, a match game, and more! Words: sing, swing, spring, king, string, spring, wing, thing, and ring.

This unit is centered on words that end with -ink. Try out the reading slider, flashcards, and other worksheets. Includes: sink, pink, mink, blink, link, think, ink, wink, stink, and drink.

This unit is packed with printable activities for words that end in -ip. Includes a trace-and-write worksheet, matching game, mini-book, and more!

This unit includes the words: hit, pit, slit, split, fit, bit, sit, lit, kit, quit, and knit. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

This unit is packed with printable activities for words that end with -oat. This unit includes a trace-and-write worksheet, matching game, mini-book, and more! Coat, goat, float, throat, boat, and oat.

The -ock word family includes the words: clock, sock, flock, dock, shock, rock, block, knock, lock, and smock.

The "-og" word family unit consists of words that end with -og. Print out the matching game, flashcards, word wheel, and more! Featured words: log, frog, dog, clog, fog, hog, and jog.

This unit includes the words: look, book, brook, hook, crook, cook, shook, and took. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

This word family unit is centered on words that end with "-ool". Try out the word slider, flashcards, and other printables. Words includes: tool, stool, pool, spool, fool, drool, cool, and school.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit focusing on words that end with -op. Pop, mop, chop, hop, crop, stop, top, and drop.

The -ore word family includes the words: tore, score, shore, sore, ignore, store, wore, more, and snore.

Download and print a matching game, flashcards, a word-slider, and more in this week's word family unit focusing on words that end with -ot. Hot, rot, got shot, spot, slot, trot, not, dot, knot, lot, and cot.

The -ow word family units features words that end with -ow. We have split this up into two different sets of worksheets, one of which includes words that have a
long-O sound. Try the printable flashcards, matching games, word wheels, and more!

The -ub word family unit features words that end in -ub. Try the flashcards, matching game, word wheel, and more! Tub, rub, sub, cub, and scrub.

Download and print a word slider, flash cards, and other worksheets featuring words that end with -uck. Words include: luck, yuck, stuck, struck, duck, tuck, truck, cluck, buck, and puck.

Words that end with -ug are the center for this word family unit. This unit includes printable tracing worksheets, flashcards, and a word slider. Rug, hug, jug, mug, bug, slug, plug, and snug.

This week's word family unit features words that end with -ump. Print out a word wheel, tracing worksheets, and flashcards. Words: pump, jump, plump, grump, bump, thump, stump, lump, and dump.

This unit is centered on words that end with -un. Try out the reading slider, flashcards, and other worksheets. Includes: sun, stun, bun, fun, run, and spun.

This unit includes the words sunk, flunk, trunk, shrunk, junk, skunk, and bunk. You'll find a printable word wheel, letter slider, flashcards, and worksheets.

The -ut family of words contains the words: hut, nut, strut, cut, gut, shut, but, and rut. Print out a word wheel, word slider, tracing worksheets, and more!

This section will link you to phonics resources, spelling, alphabet and letter recognition resources, and much more.

Word families are an essential component of elementary school English Language Arts (ELA), helping students develop a strong foundation in phonics, spelling, and reading fluency. A word family consists of words that share a common pattern or ending, such as -at (cat, bat, hat) or -ight (light, night, fight). These groups allow young learners to recognize patterns, decode unfamiliar words, and improve their spelling and vocabulary. Super Teacher Worksheets provides a wealth of learning materials focused on dozens of word families, offering students engaging and effective ways to practice these essential skills.

Students can use a variety of free worksheets and activities from Super Teacher Worksheets to strengthen their understanding of word families. Mini-books introduce word families in a fun and interactive format, while missing letter exercises challenge students to complete words and enhance their spelling abilities. Tracing and writing activities help reinforce fine motor skills and letter formation as students practice spelling words from specific families. Memory-matching games add an element of play to learning, making it more engaging and enjoyable for young learners. These hands-on and visually engaging activities support students as they build confidence in recognizing patterns and mastering word families.

In addition to printable resources, teachers often use other classroom strategies to help students become familiar with word families. Word walls displaying groups of related words serve as a constant visual reference, while group activities such as rhyming games and word hunts encourage collaboration and exploration. Songs, poems, and read-alouds featuring word families create a multisensory learning experience, making it easier for students to connect words by their spelling and sounds. By incorporating these varied methods, teachers can cater to different learning styles and ensure that all students develop a solid understanding of word families.

Mastering word families is a critical step in developing reading fluency, spelling accuracy, and overall language skills. Recognizing and understanding these patterns enables students to decode words more quickly and apply their knowledge to unfamiliar terms. This foundational skill lays the groundwork for more advanced ELA concepts, fostering confident and capable readers and writers. Super Teacher Worksheets supports educators in teaching these key concepts, providing a variety of high-quality resources to help students succeed.