Phonics Word Families: Printable Word Wheels

Word Family Word Wheels - Phonics


Beginning Consonants Word Wheels

B-  Word Wheel Free

Phonics word wheel: bag, bed, big, bug, bad, beg, but, box.

C-  Word Wheel (Hard C) Free

Phonics word wheel: cat, cot, cut, cab, car, cup, call, can.

C-  Word Wheel (Soft C) Free

Phonics word wheel: city, cent, face, ice, place, trace, race (*Note: Since there are not many simple words that begin with soft-c, these are not all initial consonant sounds.)

D-  Word Wheel Free

Phonics word wheel: dad, dig, dog, dug, dab, dip, did, dot.

F-  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: far, fix, fox, fly, for, fish, food, fast

G -  Word Wheel (Hard G) Member

Phonics word wheel: get, go, got, gap, good, give, gave, gas.

G -  Word Wheel (Soft G) Member

Phonics word wheel: gym, gem, gel, germ, giant.

H -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: hat, ham, hit, hug, had, her, hot, has.

J -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: jam, jaw, jet, jar, job, just, jump, joke.

K -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: key, kit, king, kite, kick, kind, keep, kid.

L -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: lay, leg, lit, log, lap, let, lot, late.

M -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel:  mat, map, men, man, mug, mop, me, make.

N -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: nap, net, not, nut, no, new, now, note.

P -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: pad, pan, pet, pig, pot, put, peg, pen.

Q -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: quit, quiet, queen, quilt, quite, quiz, quarter, quack.

R -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: ran, red, rob, rug, rat, rag, roll, run.

S -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: sat, set, sit, sud, saw, so, see, sad.

T -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: tug, to, too, tip, top, tin, tub, tap.

V -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: vet, van, vase, vest, vote, very, vine.

W -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: way, wet, worm, wag, west, wall, well, warm.

X -  Word Wheel Free

Phonics word wheel: fox, box, ax, ox, exit, extra, x-ray (*Note: Since there aren't many simple words that begin with x, these are not all initial consonant sounds.)

Y -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: yes, yet, you, yellow.

Z -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: zoo, zip, zap, zebra.

Vowel Word Wheels

Short A -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: cat, bat, cab, at, mat, bath, last, nap.

Long A -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: base, lake, bake, cake, same, name, came, face.

Short E -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: rest, fed, bed, tell, well, pet, let, best.

Long E -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: we, see, bee, feet, beep, keep, meet, me.

Short I -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: hit, sit, big, dig, pig, bib, kid, hid.

Long I -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: nice, mice, ice, bike, hi, mile, kind, find.

Short O -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: hot, not, on, stop, doll, job, mop, got.

Long O -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: slow, so, go, code, poke, blow, snow, tow.

Short U -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: cup, cut, bus, tub, us, up, rug, run.

Long U -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: music, clue, use, blue, mule, tube, cube, menu.

Consonant Blends

Cl -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: clip, clay, clock, clip, clam, clog, and clap.

Tr -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: tray, trip, trap, tree, and try.

Consonant Digraphs

Sh -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: ship, shop, shell, she, shoe, and show.

Ch -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: chip, chip, chin, chew, chess, and chest.

Vowel Digraphs

AY -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: may, pay, say, hay, day, clay, tray, and play.

EE -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: bee, see, weed, tree, feet, queen, and seed.

EA -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: eat. neat, seat, treat, and sea.

Vowel Diphthongs

Long OW -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: tow, row, snow, grow, flow, and blow.

Short OW -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: now, plow, cow, brown, flower, town, and how.

OU -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: mouth, cloud, out, about, and loud.

Long OO -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: boot, cool, pool, school, moo, boo, and tool.

Short OO -  Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: cook, book, wool, look, took, wood, hook, and foot.

Word Family Word Wheels

-ack Word Wheel Free

Phonics word wheel: back, black, track, snack, crack, and shack.

-ad Word Wheel Free

Phonics word wheel:  glad, mad, sad, dad, and bad.

-ag Word Wheel Free

Spin the circles to make the words: rag, bag, tag, sag, snag, and wag.

-ail Word Wheel Member

Words in the -ail family include: sail, pail, mail, and fail.

-ake Word Wheel Member

Words in the -ake family include rake, take, make, bake, shake, and snake.

-all Word Wheel Member

This word wheel has tall, mall, call, ball, fall, and wall

-an Word Wheel Member

Spin the circles to make the words: than, pan, can, man, ran, and fan.

-and Word Wheel Member

Words in the -and family include sand, hand, land, and stand.

-ap Word Wheel Member

Spin to make the words: map, tap, slap, flap, and nap.

-at Word Wheel Member

Spin the circles to make the words: rat, bat, that, sat, mat, and cat.

-ate Word Wheel Member

Phonics word families:  plate, gate, state, mate, and late.

-aw Word Wheel Member

Word family word wheel: saw, law, paw, straw, and claw.

-ay Word Wheel Member

This family of words contains: play, stay, say, day, and way.

-eal Word Wheel Member

Black and white version: heat, beat, meat, neat, wheat, and seat.

-eal Word Wheel Member

This phonics spinner has meal, real, seal, heal, teal, and steal.

-ear Word Wheel Member

The -ear phonics circle has hear, near, pear, and tear.

-eat Word Wheel Member

Phonics spinner has: heat, beat, meat, neat, wheat, and seat.

-ed Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel:  sled, red, fed, and led.

-eel Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has peel, wheel, and feel.

-eep Word Wheel Member

Black and white version: sweep, sleep, deep, beep, keep, and sheep.

-eet Word Wheel Member

The -eet phonics family includes:  feet, greet, street, and beet.

-ell Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel:  bell, sell, tell, well, smell, and spell.

-end Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: blend, send, lend, spend, friend.

-ent Word Wheel Member

The -ent phonics circle has rent, spent, tent, dent, and cent.

-ere Word Wheel Member

This word family set has only four words: here, there, were, and where.

-est Word Wheel Member

Phonics word family wheel: west, test, best, pest, chest, and nest.

-ew Word Wheel Member

Phonics word family wheel: new, knew, grew, and drew.

-ice Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has the words price, slice, rice, mice, and nice.

-ick Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has the words sick, trick, thick, pick, stick, and kick.

-ight Word Wheel Member

Phonics wheel with -ight words: sight, bright, right, light, might, and light.

-ime Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has the words time, dime, lime, chime, crime.

-in Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has the words pin, tin and thin.

-ine Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has the words pine, line, dine, and mine.

-ing Word Wheel Member

Words the end with -ing, including: sing, wing, thing, king, swing, and ring.

-ink Word Wheel Member

Words the end with -ing, including: think, stink, sink, and wink.

-ip Word Wheel Member

This phonics wheel has the words dip, sip, lip, tip, and rip.

-it Word Wheel Member

Phonics word wheel: sit, quit, lit, bit, and slit.

-oat Word Wheel Member

This word family wheel has the words boat, goat, float, and throat.

-ock Word Wheel Member

This word family wheel has the words lock, stock, and rock, dock.

-ook Word Wheel Member

This word family wheel has the words look, took, shook, cook, book, and hook.

-op Word Wheel Member

This set includes top, stop, hop, and chop.

-ore Word Wheel Member

This set includes more, sore, tore, wore, store.

-ot Word Wheel Member

These words include got, lot, cot, and dot.

-ow Word Wheel  #1 Member

These words include mow, glow, tow, bow, and flow.  (Double wheel)

-ow Word Wheel #2 Member

These words include how, now, cow, pow, and wow.

-ub Word Wheel Member

These words include tub, club, cub, and sub.

-uck Word Wheel Member

This word wheel includes the words tuck, luck, truck, and duck.

-ug Word Wheel Member

This set includes  tug, mug, rug, dug, and plug.

-ump Word Wheel Member

This set includes lump, pump, thump, and jump.

-un Word Wheel Member

This word wheel includes the words bun, fun, sun, and spun.

-unk Word Wheel Member

This circle includes  junk, trunk, bunk, sunk, chunk, skunk.

-ut Word Wheel Member

This circle includes but, cut, gut, shut, and nut.

Blank Word Wheel Template

Blank Word Wheel Member

Make your own word family, phonics word wheel!

See also:

Phonics Worksheets

Our main phonics worksheet section with lots of phonics worksheets.

Dolch Sight Words

Dolch sight word flashcards, word wheels, and checklists.  Includes primer, pre-primer, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade lists.

Grammar Printables

Nouns, verbs, punctuation, and more.

First Grade Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension activities designed for students reading at a first grade level.

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