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Word Families - ank, ink

Free Word Family Activities

1. Draw the word families:  draw a picture of the following word families in action!
   
   • I drove the tank to the bank.
       
   • I think the boat will sink.
       
         
2. Create your own word family sentences using the ones above as a model.  Try to create at least one sentence for each family.
     
3. Create a short rhyme using your word families.  This is a good activity to do as a group.  Here are some examples:

   I took a sip and slowly drank,
   My juice -- while my ship sank.

   My clothes were stained by purple ink,
   So I washed them in the sink.

4. Other activities:
     
   • 'ANK' word family:  Piggy Bank Craft
       
   • 'INK' word family:  Pink Colour Buddy Craft or Pink Panther Shapes Craft
            
5. Use the free printable worksheets provided to reinforce the activities.
     
6. Flash card activities:  

   These cards can be used for sentence building with the sentence sequencing activities.

   Print two copies of this worksheet to play "concentration" (the memory game).  Or print the flash card worksheets from a number of word families to play "go fish" or "snap".

Flash cards for the word families (6 each)  [ank]   [ink]