Sort the words by family: a house for each word family
At the top of the page, the words of several families are mixed up: chaton, laitier, dentiste, chatte. Below, one house per family, with the family's word on the roof. The child writes each word in the right house. Typing one word of the family is enough: Lexikit writes the others, from a list of word families checked one by one. The word families exist in French, German and Spanish.
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In 3 steps
- Add your families: type one word of each family, lait, jardin, chat… The left column shows each family with its words.
- Choose two or three families per page, and the writing: capitals, print or cursive.
- Print: name, date and illustrated instruction at the top, the answer key at the end.
What you can set
- Two or three families per page
- One writing line per word in each house
- Writing in capitals, print or cursive
- Answer key page
- “Shuffle” for another order of the words
- On screen: a word, its family to touch among three
Ways to use it
- In French class, discover that a word hides another: chat in chaton
- With older pupils, sort the words of a text by family before writing
- In speech therapy, work on morphology with known words
Frequently asked questions
Where do the word families come from?
From a Lexikit list reviewed family by family. Every word was checked in a dictionary, and only words formed on the same root are in it.
Do all the words of the family need to be in the support?
No. Type one word of the family: “lait” or “laitier” brings lait, laitier, laitage and allaiter.
With the same words
The odd one out of the familyOn each line, three words of the same family and an odd one out that looks like them: château among chat, chaton, chatte.
Circle the rootThe words of a family on a line: jardin, jardinier, jardinage. The child circles in each one the part they share, the root.
The silent letterLait or laid? The word laitier makes the t heard. The child completes each French word with its silent letter thanks to a word of its family.
Your turn
Open Lexikit, write your words, choose a resource: all that is left is to print. Free, no account, and your words stay on your device.
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