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.
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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
- 1Brainstorm other 'it' family words together, even silly made-up ones, to explore the pattern playfully.
- 2Have your child write one or two 'it' words independently without tracing to check how well the pattern has been learned.
- 3Use each 'it' word in a simple spoken sentence, like 'The cat can sit.'
- 4Create a matching game with word cards and picture cards for all the 'it' family words on the page.
- 5Cut apart printed copies of the words and pictures and use them for an independent matching activity later.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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