For anyone interested in the word strips that go along with the word families, I decided to go ahead and post them. I was going to do it last night while making the other post, but it was getting late and I was tired. But here they are now...Enjoy!
Vowel set "a"-am family:
bam, dam, ham, jam, Pam, ram, Sam, yam,
clam, slam, cram, gram, scam, spam, swam, sham
-ap family:
cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap,
clap, flap, slap, trap, snap, chap, strap
-ank family:
bank, Hank, rank, sank, tank, yank,
blank, clank, flank, plank, crank, drank, Frank, prank, spank, thank
-ack family:
back, Jack, lack, pack, rack, sack,
black, slack, crack, track, stack, smack, snack, shack, quack
-ake family:
bake, cake, fake, lake, make, rake, take, wake,
shake, quake, stake, snake, brake, flake
-ail family:
bail, fail, hail, jail, mail, nail, pail, rail, sail, tail,
quail, frail, trail, snail
-ain family:
gain, main, pain, rain,
plain, slain, drain, grain, train, brain, stain, chain, sprain, strain
-ay family:
bay, day, hay, Jay, Kay, lay, may, pay, Ray, say, way, yay,
clay, play, slay, bray, fray, gray, pray, tray, stay, sway, spray, stray
-an family:
ban, can, Dan, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van,
clan, plan, bran, scan, span, Stan, than
-ab family:
cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab,
blab, flab, slab, crab, drab, grab, scab, stab
-ag family:
bag, hag, jag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag,
flag, slag, brag, drag, stag, snag, swag, shag
-all family:
ball, call, fall, hall, mall, tall, wall,
stall, small, squall
-at family:
bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat,
flat, slat, chat, that, splat
special sounds:
what, squat
Vowel set "e"-est family:
best, jest, lest, nest, pest, rest, test, vest, west,
quest, crest, chest
-eed family:
deed, feed, heed, need, reed, seed, weed,
bleed, breed, creed, greed, speed
-ew family:
dew, few, Jew, new, pew,
blew, flew, brew, crew, drew, grew, spew, stew, chew, threw
-ell family:
bell, dell, fell, sell, tell, well, yell,
spell, smell, swell, shell
Vowel set "i"-ill family:
Bill, dill, fill, gill, hill, Jill, kill, pill, sill, till, will,
drill, frill, grill, skill, spill, still, chill, thrill, shrill
-ine family:
dine, fine, line, mine, nine, pine, tine, vine, wine,
brine, spine, swine, whine, shine, shrine
-ick family:
lick, Nick, pick, Rick, sick, tick, wick,
quick, click, flick, slick, brick, trick, stick, chick, thick
-ight family:
fight, light, might, night, right, sight, tight,
blight, flight, plight, slight, bright, fright
-ing family:
ding, ping, ring, sing, wing,
bling, cling, fling, sling, bring, sting, swing, thing, spring, string
-ink family:
kink, link, mink, pink, rink, sink, wink,
blink, clink, slink, brink, drink, stink, think, shrink
-ip family:
dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip,
clip, flip, slip, drip, grip, trip, skip, snip, chip, whip, ship, strip
Bonus
-y family:
by, my, fly, ply, sly, cry, dry, spy, sty, why, shy, sky, try, pry, fry
Vowel set "o"-out family:
pout, grout, trout, scout, spout, stout, snout, shout, sprout
-ow family #1:
(hard sound as in cow)
cow, how, now, pow, sow, vow, wow, bow, plow, brow
-ow family #2:
(soft sound as in blow)
bow, low, mow, row, sow, tow,
blow, flow, glow, slow, crow, grow, stow, snow, show, strow, throw
-ore family:
bore, core, lore, more, sore, tore, wore,
score, spore, store, snore, swore, chore, shore
-og family:
bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log,
blog, clog, flog, frog, smog
-ot family:
cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot,
blot, clot, plot, slot, trot, spot, snot, shot
-ob family:
Bob, cob, job, mob, rob, sob,
blob, glob, slob, snob
Vowel set "u"-ump family:
bump, dump, hump, jump, lump, pump, rump,
clump, plump, slump, grump, stump, chump
-uck family:
buck, duck, luck, muck, puck, suck, tuck, yuck,
cluck, pluck, truck, stuck, snuck, chuck, struck
-um family:
bum, gum, hum, mum, rum, sum, yum,
glum, plum, drum, scum, chum, strum
-unk family:
bunk, dunk, gunk, hunk, junk, punk, sunk,
flunk, plunk, drunk, trunk, skunk, stunk, chunk, shrunk