Free Word Family Houses – short u

Hurray!!  We’re on our final set of short vowel word family houses.

Short u word family houses

Word family houses are so versatile!  Follow the simple assembly instructions and use them in a few different ways:

1) Have your little one read a few before you dive into a decodable book.
2) Let this be your phonics practice before you start reading a stack of sight word or leveled readers.
3) Practice reading short vowel word family houses as part of a spelling unit on short vowel words.
4) Use these for remedial students who need more practice sounding out words.  They’re quick and hands-on — two important things for many reluctant readers!

To assemble the word family houses, follow these steps:

1) Print the document on brightly colored cardstock.  Here’s what a sample download will look like:

2. Cut out the house and wheel.  Make sure to cut into the house and snip out the window, too.

3. Laminate both pieces. I love this affordable home laminator.  If you’ve cut out the window before laminating, you will have a nice clear window.   This is what you will have:

4. Attach the pieces together with a brass fastener.  Here are our finished houses:

After you download and print these houses, it may be tempting to give them to friends or colleagues to photocopy for their own use as well. Please don’t do that! It violates my terms of use. Instead, direct them to this website, where they can download and print their own resources. Thank you!

We highly recommend this reading curriculum for learning short vowel words!

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