Today’s lesson combines art and reading by painting paper plates for colorful planets!

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Outer Space – Lesson 5

I can read words and match them to their word family.

Objective: To decode words and match them to their word family. (RF.K.2)

Materials: white paper plates, water colors, marker, word cards

Procedures: Have your child create three planets by painting colorful designs on paper plates. When dry, label each planet with a word family (_en, _ed, _et). Make word cards and add rocket clipart. Your child will read each word and place it by the word family to which it belongs.

Conclusion: Ask your child to read the words again.