It Family Words Worksheet: Read, Trace, and Identify!
This worksheet builds phonics fluency around the 'it' word family, sit, bit, hit, fit, and similar words, teaching children that changing the first letter while keeping a shared ending creates a whole set of related, decodable words. For ages 3-5, word family practice like this is one of the most effective ways to build early reading skills, since it helps children decode new words by recognizing a familiar chunk rather than sounding out every letter individually.
Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Read the first 'it' family word aloud together, emphasizing the shared 'it' ending, then have your child trace the word along its dotted letters. Ask your child to look at the accompanying pictures and identify which one matches the word they just read and traced. Have your child circle the picture that correctly matches the word, confirming the connection between the written word and its meaning. Continue through each remaining 'it' family word the same way, reading, tracing, and matching it to a picture.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- •Brainstorm other 'it' family words together, even silly made-up ones, to explore the pattern playfully.
- •Have your child write one or two 'it' words independently without tracing to check how well the pattern has been learned.
- •Use each 'it' word in a simple spoken sentence, like 'The cat can sit.'
- •Create a matching game with word cards and picture cards for all the 'it' family words on the page.
- •Cut apart printed copies of the words and pictures and use them for an independent matching activity later.
Tips for parents and teachers
Point out clearly that only the first letter changes across these words while the 'it' ending stays constant, since recognizing that shared pattern is the central skill this worksheet builds. If your child sounds out each word letter by letter instead of recognizing the familiar 'it' chunk, gently prompt them to look for the ending they've already read in a previous word. Practicing the full set of 'it' words together in one sitting reinforces the pattern far more effectively than spacing them across different days.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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