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Word Family Books - at, an, ag am, ab, ad

Writer: Our Special Story
Our Special Story
10 minutes ago
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What is it

A structured and interactive booklet designed to teach children how to recognise and read word patterns through rhyming and repetition in a booklet format.


Teaching Objectives

  • Learn how to blend phonics in the <at>, <an>, <am>, <ag>, <ab>, <ad> word family lists.

  • Improve reading fluency at word and sentence level.

  • Increase reading speed by recognising word patterns with common vowel-consonant combinations.

  • Build confidence in independent reading.





How to use

1. Blending phonics sounds

  • Practise reading the target word families in isolation on page 5-6.


2. Shared reading

  • Read the story together and have your child repeat after you

  • Pause and let your child join in on the highlighted family word or common sight words that they have learned. 

  • Point to a word and ask e.g. “what word is this?”Focus on one word at a time


3. Point and Find the Words

  • Read the words out loud, and have your child listen and point to the correct word\

  • Focus on one word at a time.



Teaching tips

  • Keep the reading activity short to maintain attention and motivation.

  • Celebrate small successes and praise your child for effort e.g. “nice looking!” “good reading!”, “well done!” , “keep it up!”

  • Reduce frustration by setting a timer to provide a visual reminder of the reading duration.

  • Apply single words e.g. “cat”, “man” with pictures or daily life to increase association and provide more meaning e.g. point to a male family member “he is a man!”. 

  • If your child struggles, go back to word-level (page 5-6) to practise reading in isolation before reading in books. 

  • Use finger pointing to support tracking while reading.

  • Prompt your child more in longer sentences with more target words (“Let’s point to ‘rat’, ‘cat’ ”, parents can point and show the child the correct word).

  • Watch a clip for tips on how you can read with your child here!




-Specially created by Our Special Story-


Our Special Story provides Home Based 1-on-1 ABA Therapy, Early Intervention Class, School Readiness Class, Social Skills Class and School Shadowing for children with autism spectrum disorder, speech delay and other special needs. 


ABA Therapy can help to improve behaviours, attention, speech and communication,cognitive skills, motor skills, school readiness, social skills, self help skills and more!







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