Word Families: ide
| bide | hide | ride |
| side | tide | wide |
| bride | glide | pride |
| slide | stride |
Word families are words which end the same forming a chunk that the children can learn to say altogether rather than sounding out each letter sound. For example bide: sound out the b and add the chunk ide forming bide.
Word families also encourage children to find patterns in words so they can recall this information in a timely fashion.
Word families encourage children to spell better as you guide them to search for a word in the family that they already know how to spell. For example if they know how to spell bide then they can remember the chunk (ide) to spell wide. They have to only replace the first letter.Ide Rhyme
By Mrs. Alphabet
The new bride
Took a fast ride
On a wet slide
That was too wide
And she fell off the side!