CVC Word Family 'un' Worksheet: Read, Cut, and Match!
This worksheet helps children ages 4-5 read words in the 'un' family, like 'sun' and 'run', while practicing a cut, fold, and reveal routine that turns decoding into a self-checking game. As with other word family worksheets, the goal is for children to notice that once they can read the shared ending, changing just the beginning letter unlocks a whole set of new words quickly. This builds both decoding accuracy and the confidence that comes from checking their own answers successfully.
Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Have your child read the first 'un' family word aloud, sounding out the beginning consonant and blending it into the shared 'un' ending. Ask them what they think the hidden picture will be before revealing it. Help them cut along the dotted line and fold the paper to check their prediction against the picture underneath. Continue through the remaining words, prompting your child to read a bit faster as the pattern becomes familiar.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Scissors
Extension activities
- •Build 'un' family words with magnetic letters or letter tiles, swapping only the beginning sound.
- •Make up a short rhyme or silly sentence using two or three 'un' words, like 'the sun made it fun to run'.
- •Have your child write one 'un' word independently on a whiteboard or piece of paper.
- •Play a quick game where you say a beginning letter and your child adds 'un' to make the word.
- •Ask your child to think of a real-life sentence using one of the 'un' words correctly.
Tips for parents and teachers
If your child rhymes 'un' words out loud but struggles to write or spell them, that's a normal gap at this age between recognition and production, so keep the focus here on reading rather than spelling. Offer scissors help if the small cutting is frustrating so it doesn't take attention away from the phonics practice. Praise the moments when your child predicts the picture correctly before revealing it, since that shows real decoding, not guessing.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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