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Using Word Families for Onset and Rime Practice
Word families are groups of words that have the same final sound and spelling pattern with varying initial sounds. Onset refers to the beginning consonant or consonant blend before the vowel in a word or syllable. Rime refers to the chunk of a word that begins with the first vowel and includes any consonant sounds through the end of a syllable. In word families, the onset changes while the rime stays the same. Because the words contain the same vowel and final consonant sounds, all words in a word family rhyme. While students learn to blend individual sounds to read simple words, exposing them to word families can help build reading fluency, improve their understanding of rhyming words, and increase
Using Word Families for Onset and Rime Practice
Word families are groups of words that have the same final sound and spelling pattern with varying initial sounds. Onset refers to the beginning consonant or consonant blend before the vowel in a word or syllable. Rime refers to the chunk of a word that begins with the first vowel and includes any consonant sounds through the end of a syllable. In word families, the onset changes while the rime stays the same. Because the
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