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Word Families and Rhyming Words

Teaching Spelling and Writing

by Sue Watson
for About.com

Spelling with word families and rhyming words helps young children make connections in both reading and writing. It is essential for success in literacy.

All word families.

All printables are in PDF.

'uck' buck, chuck, cluck, duck, luck, pluck, puck, struck, stuck, suck, truck, tuck.

'ug' bug, chug, drug, dug, jug, lug, mug, plug, rug, shrug, slug, snug.

'ump' bump, clump, dump, hump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, slump, stump, thump.

'unk' bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, hunk, junk, punk, shrunk, skunk, sunk.

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