• Contains the entire Dolch list of 220 sight words arranged by vowel sounds with all the basic words that share the same pattern. Why teach just the Dolch word ate when you can also teach date, gate, late, plate, slate, Kate, skate, rate, crate, state, grate, and hate?
  
• Great as an inexpensive handout for teacher inservices.

In the Short A (CVC) Section

To see word families put into the context of real sentences click here.

In the Short E (CVC) Section

In theShort O (CVC) Section

To see how word families may be used in Sequential Spelling click here

In the Short U (CVC) Section

In the Long A (CVV) Section

In the Long  E (CVVC) Section

In the Long I (CVVC) Section

In the Long O (CVVC) Section

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