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Word Family Unit (-ig Words)

This word family unit words that end with -ig. Try our printable flashcards, word wheels, tracing worksheets, and more. Words include: big, pig, fig, dig, wig and twig.

Word Family Worksheets -ig

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Mini-Book (-ig)
Have the students in your class cut out this book along the dotted lines and then color it. Next, staple it together to practice reading words in the -ig family.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Mini-Book (-ig) Minibooks Worksheet
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Worksheet 1 (-ig Words)  FREE 
Use crayons to color in the left two sections according to the directions. Write the words under the pictures in the upper right section on the primary-ruled lines, and fill in the word boxes on the bottom with the words that fit.
1st Grade
Worksheet 1 (-ig Words) Free Word Families Worksheet
Worksheet 2 (-ig Words)
Your students will complete these three activities to practice identifying, reading, and writing -ig words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Worksheet 2 (-ig Words) Word Families Worksheet
Cut and Glue (-ig)
Use scissors to cut out the words along the dotted lines and then glue them below the corresponding illustrations.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Cut and Glue (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Make Sentences: Word Cards (-ig)
These 25 word cards include 6 "-ig" words. Cut them out and arrange them to build sentences with at least one of the "-ig" words in each. Then write the sentences on the lines provided.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Make Sentences: Word Cards (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Missing Letters (-ig)
Determine what each of the missing letters for each word are by looking at the pictures. Then write the word on the lines below it.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Missing Letters (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Missing Initial Sounds (-ig)
By looking at the pictures, discover the missing first letters of these -ig words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Missing Initial Sounds (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Color the Letters & Write (-ig)
Fill in the circles with the letters to form the word. Then write each word onto the lines to the right.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Color the Letters & Write (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Circle the Words (-ig)
By looking at each of the pictures, find that -ig word in each row of mixed up letters and circle it.
1st Grade
Circle the Words (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Word Web (-ig)
This is a graphic organizer to write in six different -ig words. Pictures of a man digging a hole, a pig, and a big and small block are hints to help figure out the words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Web (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Trace and Write (-ig)
Color each of the pictures. Trace each of the words. Next, write the words on the lines.
1st Grade
Trace and Write (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Brainstorm and Write (-ig)
Print this worksheet and use the primary-ruled lines to write as many
-ig words that you can think of.
1st Grade
Brainstorm and Write (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Letter Stampers Activity (-ig Words)
Use an ink pad and letter stampers to make the following words: fig, wig, big, pig, and dig.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Letter Stampers Activity (-ig Words) Word Families Worksheet

Word Games

Memory Match Game (-ig)  FREE 
This 1 or 2-player memory matching card game will have students reading and recognizing -ig words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Memory Match Game (-ig) Free Word Families Worksheet
Word Spinner (-ig)
Play a variety of games with this printable word spinner. Words include: dig, wig, fig, pig, twig, and big.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Spinner (-ig) Word Families Worksheet

Word Slider, Flashcards, and Word Wheel

Word Slider (-ig Words)
Print and assemble the pig-shaped word slider to view and practice -ig words. Click on the ALT button to view a full-color version.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Slider (-ig Words) Word Families Worksheet
Flashcards (-ig)
Print out this page to cut out six flashcards for the -ig word family unit.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Flashcards (-ig) Word Families Worksheet
Word Wheel (-ig Words)
This word wheel includes the words dig, big, pig, wig, twig, and fig.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word Wheel (-ig Words) Phonics Worksheet

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Index of Word Family Units

This page has a complete listing of many other word family units, including -ad, -and, -ap, -ate, -eal, -eel, -ew, -ice, -ime, -ip, -oat, -ook, -ore, -ub, and -un.

Short-I Worksheets

This page consists of worksheets that have words with a short-i sound in them. Download writing worksheets, flashcard games, build-a-word worksheets, poems, and much more!

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Word Family Unit -ig Words Printable Worksheet

Word Family Unit -ig Words Printable Flashcards Activity Worksheet

Word Family Unit -ig Words Printable Word Wheel Activity Worksheet

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