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Word Family Unit (-ip Words)

Below you'll find a collection of teaching resources for teaching early readers about the -ip family of words. Students can practice reading the words: chip, drip, trip, ship, strip, snip, clip, flip, hip, skip, lip, tip, rip, dip, and sip.

Word Family Worksheets -ip

Worksheets

Have your class complete these activities to learn about words in the
-ip word family.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aWorksheet 1 (-ip Words)
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Here is another worksheet to help familiarize your students with words that end with -ip.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aWorksheet 2 (-ip Words)
You will need scissors and glue to do this activity. Match the words to the pictures.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aCut and Glue (-ip)
Make sentences using these 25 word cards. They include 5 "-ip" words. Try to use at least one in each sentence. Write each sentence on the lined paper.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
aMake Sentences: Word Cards (-ip)
Write the missing letters for each word in the boxes provided. For example: "s__ip" is "ship".
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aMissing Letters (-ip)
Within the boxes under each picture, write in the missing first letters of each -ip word.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aMissing Initial Sounds (-ip)
Color the circles with the right letters that make up the -ip word. Then write the word on the primary-ruled lines next to it.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aColor the Letters & Write (-ip)
Find and circle the "-ip" word in every row of letters.
1st Grade
aCircle the Words (-ip)
Can your students think of six different "-ip" words? Have your students write them on the lines of this graphic organizer. Includes illustrated hints of a boat, a person falling, and a person's face to help students figure out the words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aWord Web (-ip)
Color in the pictures with crayons. Then trace the words along the dotted lines. Next, write the words on the lines.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aTrace and Write (-ip)
Have your students brainstorm as many "-ip" words as they can. They can write them on the primary-ruled lines with room for up to 8 words.
1st Grade
aBrainstorm and Write (-ip)
Kids can use an ink pad and letter stampers to make the following words: ship, trip, dip, hip, and flip.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aLetter Stampers Activity (-ip Words)

Word Games

This 2-player memory matching card game will have students recognizing and reading -ip words.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aMemory Match Game (-ip)
This word spinner can be used for a bunch of different learning center activities and games. Words include: ship, trip, hip, skip, lip, flip, tip, and drip.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aWord Spinner (-ip)

Word Slider, Flashcards, and Word Wheel

Assemble the bear-themed word slider to view and practice -ip words. The ALT button will lead to a full-color version.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aWord Slider (-ip Words)
Print out these pages to cut out the 15 different flashcards for the -ip word family unit.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aFlashcards (-ip)
Print out the word wheel (on card stock paper for best results). Use a paper fastener to attach the two wheels together and spin to read each of the words that end in -ip.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
aWord Wheel (-ip Words)

See Also:

More Word Family Units

This page has a listing of numerous other word family units, including: -ag, -all, -and, -ate, -ay, -eat, -ent, -ere, -est, -in, -ink, -op, -ot, -ub, -ump, and -un.

Short - I Printables (Phonics)

This page contains worksheets that have words with a short-i sound in them. Download card games, build-a-word worksheets, poems, and more!

Sample Worksheet Images

Word Family -ip PDF

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Word Family -ip Printable Flashcards

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