-Am Word Family Worksheets: 7 FREE Printables!

The Free Worksheets

We’re providing you with the resources you need for your students to practice reading and spelling words with -am.

1. -Am Word Family Word Sliders

Students practice connected phonation with this activity. They touch the dots and slide their finger along the dotted line from left to right as they say and blend the phonemes to read the word.

➡️ Optional: Cut out each square, hole punch the circles, and create a mini book of -am words!

2. I Spy -Am Words

Students listen and identify words that are part of the -AM word family. They’ll circle and color in only the pictures that end with the -am sound. The teacher will go picture by picture, saying the words out loud.

The -am word family words are: pram, clam, jam, yam, lamb, ham, and ram.

3. -Am Word Family Sound Sort

Students must cut out and paste the pictures in the correct column, listening to decide if the words have the -am sound or not. The -am word family words are: clam, ham, yam, and jam.

Be sure to go over all of the words to ensure students know the words that each picture reflects. For example, they’ll need to know the word is “jam” and not “jar.”

4. -Am Word Family Complete the Sentences

The teacher should read each sentence out loud. Students must figure out which word from the word bank makes sense, then write it in to complete the sentences.

The sentences are:

• I like to put jam on my toast.
• I will have a ham sandwich for lunch.
• A ram has big, strong horns.
• Sam runs fast with his dog.
• Pam wears a hat on her head.
• A yam is like a sweet potato.

5. -Am Word Family Roll & Read

Students roll a dice, then find the corresponding list of words. They choose a word from that list, read it out loud, and determine if it’s a real or nonsense word. They check off each word as they read it and circle the thumbs-up if it’s a real word or thumbs-down if it’s a nonsense word.

Nonsense words (or pseudowords) are important because they help a teacher determine if a skill is truly mastered because students can’t rely on memorization.

It’s also important because real, multisyllabic words are often made up of nonsense syllables. Think about the words “family” and “camera.” Children will eventually need to decode those words, which include a nonsense -am syllable.

6. -Am Word Scrambles

Students must unscramble the letters to create a real word in the -am word family and write the word on the lines. The -am words are: jam, ham, yam, Pam, Sam, ram.

This activity helps kids to notice patterns in words, particularly words that are a part of the -am word family.

7. -Am or -An? Word Family Word Sorts

This worksheet works for kids learning about the nasalized short a sound in both -AN and -AM word families.

The lowercase letters m and n look very similar, so kids must use their visual discrimination skills to identify the differences. Then, they’ll hear the differences between words with the same vowel sound but different ending consonant sounds.