Short U: Word families with Gus

Children who understand word families have an easier time learning to spell and sound out words. This printable activity gives your child practice with short-U words.

Learning Stages

A word family is a group of words that rhyme and have the same spelling pattern. For instance sub, shrub and grub are all in the _ub word family. Children who understand word families have an easier time learning to spell and decode (sound out) words. In this activity your child gets practice with making words by putting beginning sounds with word endings.