Lesson · Grade 2 · English Language Arts
Word Families: Same Ending, New First Sound
- Grade 2
- English Language Arts
- 1 min 2 s
- British Columbia
- BC2-EN-13
Starting with the word cat, children see the ending "at" stay the same while the first letter changes, making hat and then mat, each with its own picture. The same steps turn cake into lake and make, and the video ends with both word families side by side and a one-line recap.
Concept: Word families
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Look, a cat! This word says cat.
The word cat ends with at.
Transcript
What the lesson says
Look, a cat! This word says cat.
The word cat ends with at.
Keep the at. Swap the first sound.
Put in a new sound. Now it says hat!
Swap it again. Now it says mat!
Cat, hat and mat are a word family.
Here is a new word: cake.
Keep the ending of cake the same.
Swap the first sound. Now it says lake!
Swap it again: make! We make a cake.
Cake, lake and make are another word family.
Same ending, new first sound: that is a word family!
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 2
English Language Arts, Language features, structures, and conventions: word patterns, word familiesBC2-EN-13
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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