Fun 'ag' Words Worksheet for Early Readers!
This worksheet helps children ages 4-5 learn and recognize words from the 'ag' word family, like bag, tag, and rag, teaching them that changing just the first letter of a familiar word pattern creates a whole new word. Building fluency with word families like this is one of the most efficient ways young readers expand their reading vocabulary quickly.
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Month 3: Learning & Development | Ages 4-5
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How to use this worksheet
Read the 'ag' words on the page aloud together first, emphasizing the shared '-ag' ending each time. Have your child match each word to its corresponding picture, sounding out the word if needed. Look at the pictures that don't belong to the 'ag' family and have your child cross those out. Finish by reading the fill-in-the-blank sentences together and having your child complete each one with the correct 'ag' word.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Create a matching game with flashcards of 'ag' words and their pictures.
- 2Write silly sentences together using two or more 'ag' words in the same sentence.
- 3Find other words that rhyme with 'ag' that aren't on the worksheet, like 'nag' or 'wag.'
- 4Make an 'ag' word chain, changing one letter at a time to build a new rhyming word.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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