Sheep's Word Families – Phonics & Word Study Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1 Language)

About This Worksheet

Build word families with the sheep: read, sort and write words that end the same way. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Language worksheet gives young learners focused practice with phonics & word study, with a friendly sheep to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and a score box, and page 2 is a ready-to-use answer key for teachers and parents.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 4 activities worth 15 marks in total:

• Activity A: Reading and writing -at and -an words.
• Activity B: Sorting words into -at and -an families.
• Activity C: Unscrambling word-family words.
• Activity D: Copying word-family sentences.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Read -at and -an words
• Sort words into families
• Spell short words
• Copy a sentence neatly

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Check with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the sheep when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in IB PYP Grade 1 Language (Phonics & Word Study). Answer key included.