Read and write word family

If you learn to read and write with the word family, go with the spelling, orthography much easier afterwards. It is therefore worthwhile to be in the primary school to get to know the word families.

What is a word family

• A word family is the designation for words that are related in their spelling. There is usually a stem part that occurs in all words of the same word family - to be compared with the genes in human families.
• The advantage of a word family is that a correctly learned word can be used to derive the appropriate spelling for the whole family. The root syllable "fahr" is always written with an h, regardless of whether it means to drive, vehicle or wagon.
• There are around 40 important phrases that you can teach your child. This means that it does not have to memorize as much and can write more words more confidently. When reading, it also recognizes more quickly which words are pronounced similarly within a group of words.
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How to recognize families of words while reading

1. First, pay attention to the stem syllables, because if a part of the word occurs exactly the same in another word, it must also be a word family that is written in the same way.


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2. You should also consider logical contexts in terms of content if, for example, a word is somehow about driving, although, as in Fuhrwerk, the root syllable "fahr" does not appear directly.
3. It is important to practice classifying word families frequently in order to be able to recognize them faster and more reliably in the future. First, practice with your child recognizing such word stems in different words and. secondly, the own formation of word families for a starting word.
4. Search puzzles, clusters to be filled and dictations are helpful for this.