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A Worksheet for Kindergarten Spelling

...featuring the UG word family

This cute worksheet for kindergarten will give your youngsters practice learning new words by reading, writing and spelling them.

Our latest set of kindergarten worksheets feature word families that are simple for early learners. We've added fun pictures to attract -- and keep -- kids' attention!

The Bugs

Directions for use:

Before presenting this worksheet, do some board work with your entire class (or your own child) to introduce the UG word family.

Teach the sound made by the letters UG.
Focus on just one letter at a time that may precede UG. Say the word made by adding this consonant. For early learners, stick with single consonants. Form the words BUG, DUG, MUG, RUG (Later you can add words with consonant blends.)
Be sure kids understand the meaning of each word you spell. Write the words on the board. Ask a student to come to the board and add one of the consonants to -ug. Ask her/him to say the new word s/he just spelled.
When your students have a good understanding of these words, pass out "The Bugs" printable worksheet.
Read the first sentence together: "This bug dug in the mud." Tell students to circle the words that are underlined in that sentence.
Next, tell kids to write the missing words in the blanks of the second sentence.
Repeat for the second sentence, "This bug drinks from a mug on the rug."

Extension

Over the next few days, remind students of the UG words they've learned. Have brief oral "pop quizzes" in which you ask, "Who can name an UG word? Can you spell the word? Can you say the word in a sentence?"

Make a word wall display of UG words.

Add more UG words to your list: hug, jug, lug, plug, slug

Use these Word family worksheet & booklet templates so your students can practice spelling any word family anytime! Complete instruction included when you follow the link.

Try another worksheet for kindergarten!

Here are more kindergarten worksheets that follow this same pattern but with different word families. Your kids will love them!

This Man - free printable kindergarten worksheet with the AN word family

This Man - This worksheet for kindergarten features the AN words man, ran, fan, and pan. (Just why did the man run from the fan???)

Dots on Pots - One dot on a pot is hot. The other is not. Kids look at the pictures and finish the sentences with OT words.

The Big Pigs - kindergarten worksheets free from www.spelling-words-well.com

The Big Pigs - This whimsical page features a muddy pig with a wig, and pig that does a jig. What a fun way to learn the IG family of words!

The Pet Jet - A kindergarten writing worksheet featuring words from the ET family. After a classroom discussion, kids can write or finish their own story about an interesting picture.

My New Job: Another reading and spelling worksheet for your early learner to individualize. What a fun way to gain language skills! These are also fun to illustrate.

K-1 phonics worksheets - 5 free worksheets provide practice with simple short vowel words. Here's a peek at part of one of the pages. Each page is bit different. Students get lots of printing practice with easy words.

You may also enjoy these Phonics Activities, Phonics Worksheets and Preschool Learning Games.

kindergarten phonics worksheet - short vowels

Rhyme Time! Kids will say the name of the first picture in each row, trace the word, find another picture in the same row that rhymes with the first picture, and then color all the pictures. This is FUN phonics practice! A second page features long vowel sounds.

NEW! Animal Paths - Kindergartners follow three animal paths to find three animals. On each path, they'll find the letters needed to spell each animal name!

Homework worksheets - 2 pages that are especially simple to do at home. String the letters to complete sight words, or find the hidden color words and write them correctly inside the crayons. Great for kindergarten or first grade.

Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.

Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.