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Word Family Unit (-en Words)

In this unit you will find a collection of teaching resources for teaching early readers about the -en family of words. Students can practice reading the words then, den, hen, pen, when, ten, and men.

Word Family Worksheets -en

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Mini-Book (-en)
Have your students cut out this book on the dotted lines and color it. After, staple it together so it can be used to practice reading words in the "-en" word family.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Mini-Book (-en) Word Families Worksheet
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Worksheet 1 (-en Words)
Have your students complete each of the four parts to this worksheet to practice with the -en word family.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Worksheet 1 (-en Words) Word Families Worksheet
Worksheet 2 (-en Words)  FREE 
Color in the pictures of -en words at the bottom of this worksheet. Write the word ending with -en on the lines according to the illustrations and then color in the ovals containing -en words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Worksheet 2 (-en Words) Free Word Families Worksheet
Cut and Glue (-en)
Use a small amount of glue to attach each -en word to the matching picture.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Cut and Glue (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Make Sentences: Word Cards (-en)
Use the word cards on this page to form sentences with words from the "-en" word family. Write the sentences on the numbered lines provided.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Make Sentences: Word Cards (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Missing Letters (-en)
Look at the pictures for a hint and have your students write in the missing letter for each word.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Missing Letters (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Missing Initial Sounds (-en)
For each -en word, identify the missing first letters. Next, write the word on the lines below it.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Missing Initial Sounds (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Circle the Letters & Write (-en)
Color the circles with the right letters to make the word and then write the word on the lines to the right.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Circle the Letters & Write (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Circle the Words (-en)
Search for and circle the "-en" word in each row of mixed up letters.
1st Grade
Circle the Words (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Word Web (-en)
Try out this graphic organizer to think of some -en words. To help, there is a picture of a pen, a hen, and the number ten.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Web (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Trace and Write (-en)
Students can practice tracing words from the -en family and then writing them on the primary-ruled lines.
1st Grade
Trace and Write (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Brainstorm and Write (-en)
This printable worksheet has enough lines for up to eight -en words.
1st Grade
Brainstorm and Write (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Letter Stampers Activity (-en Words)
Children can use an ink pad and letter stampers to make these words: then, den, pen, when, and hen.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Letter Stampers Activity (-en Words) Word Families Worksheet

Word Games

Memory Match Game (-en)
Pair up your students so they can alternate trying to make word matches with this printable card matching game.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Memory Match Game (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Word Spinner (-en)
This word spinner can be put together to use for a few different activities. Words on the spinner include: when, men, then, hen, wren, ten, den, and pen.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Spinner (-en) Word Families Worksheet

Word Slider, Flashcards, and Word Wheel

Word Slider (-en Words)
Cut out the fish and the word strip along the dotted lines. Weave the word strip into the slots on the fish to practice reading this week's words that end with -en. Click on the ALT button below for a color version.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Slider (-en Words) Word Families Worksheet
Flashcards (-en)
Practice reading words that end with
-en with these 10 printable flashcards.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Flashcards (-en) Word Families Worksheet
Word Wheel (-en Words)
Use this phonics word wheel to practice the words pen, hen, men, ten, den, then, and when.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Wheel (-en Words) Phonics Worksheet

See Also:

List of More Word Family Units

This page has a full listing of our various word family units. Contains (but not limited to): -ack, -ail, -am, -at,
-eal, -ed, -eep, -end, -in, -ip, -ool, -oat,
-op, -ow, and -ug.

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