New Zealand Handwriting Copy Cards – word families

A set of 42 handwriting copy cards.
Each card contains 6 words that contain a word family chunk.

Word families:
an at it et ig in all ing ot op un ay ook est ell ame ake ide ip ock uck ump unk ap ail ain ick ill ash ink ate ug eat ice ank ine oke ope ack ale aw ore

The group of letters are usually contained at the end of the word, however in some words it is at the beginning or within the word somewhere.

Example for ‘ank’:
tank sank drank thank blanket ankle

The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’.

Two cards on each A4 sized paper.
‘Ink-friendly’ black and white.

Numbers 0-9 at the bottom of each card.
Two sets of cards provided – half height numbers and full height numbers.

Use the cards however you wish. For example:
• Write one line of each word.
• Put each word into a sentence.
• Write a sentence (or two) that contains all 6 words.
• Brainstorm a list of additional words after completing the card.
• Use the cards in a word study activity.

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