Making Word Families: A Word Family House Book/Short Vowel Edition is the perfect resource to help young readers and writers notice, understand, and use features and patterns in words. Your students will have fun and grow in skills and confidence as they explore 31 different word family units. With opportunities to build word families, label pictures, read words aloud, notice patterns, think about rhyming words, draw pictures, and write sentences, students will improve reading, writing, and spelling skills. Created by a certified teacher with 20 years of experience and graduate degrees in Elementary Education and Language & Literacy, Making Word Families: A Word Family House Book/Short Vowel Edition is an ideal resource for students, teachers, interventionists, tutors, parents, and homeschool families. Teacher-created resource Helps your child build confidence and skills Fun and engaging Teaches reading, writing, and spelling skills 31 units exploring different word families Introduction/review of blends, digraphs, patterns, chunks, welded sounds, and reading strategies Opportunities to apply new knowledge Chances to review