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The ell

Family Set

Written by Cherry Carl

Illustrated by Ron Leishman

Images©Toonaday.com/Toonclipart.com

ell Family Set

This set includes:

poster/list Configuration Cut and Paste

Worksheets Word Cards Sorts

Stationery Read and Write Spell and Write

ABC Order Penny Push Word Slide

Bookmark Mini Book Word Mat

Recording Crossword Scrabble

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l

W

o

r

d

F

a

m

i

l

y

L

i

s

t

bell sell yell

cell shell* farewell

dell smell

dwell spell

fell swell

jell tell

quell well

Configuration Station (ell)

Word Bank

well swell tell bell

smell spell cell fell

shell sell

bell

sell

fell

shell

tell

yell

cell

smell

Cut and Paste (ell)

ell: Cloze the Gap!

Read the following sentences, saying the word “smell” when you come to a blank

space. Use words from the –ell family to fill in the blanks and make sense. Reread

your sentences to double check your choices!

1. Didn’t you hear the recess ring?

2. We go to the nurse at school if we don’t feel very .

3. Shout means the same thing as .

4. The skate slipped on the ice and .

5. I always ask my grandpa to me a story.

6. Look at the pretty I found at the beach!

7. Would you please answer the .

8. I love the of baking pizza. Don’t you?

9. How many ice cream flavors do you at this store?

10. If you sprain your ankle, it will probably .

11. Do you know how to Mississippi?

12. Our teacher wants us to learn how to a story.

Word Bank

bell fell sell shell yell tell

spell smell well retell swell doorbell

Say the name of each picture. If the picture belongs in the –ell family and rhymes

with shell, add –ell to finish writing the word.

b

p

t

f

y

sm

wr

sh

c

Look at the picture in each box. Circle the word that matches the picture. Write

the word on the lines.

1.

smell

small

2.

ball

bell

3.

yellow

yell

4.

shell

shall

5.

sell

cell

Read and Write (ell)

Say the name of each picture. Read the words and circle the word that names the

picture. Write the word underneath the picture. Make a picture for the last two

words. You may need to use the dictionary.

yellow yell

bell ball

shall shell

cell sell

tall tell

fell full

smell small

well

spell

Spell and Write (ell)

Score With Scrabble

SCORE

sell

well

Shell

Swell

Smell

Yell

Well

Bell

fell

dwell

Spell

tell

WORD BANK

well bell smell tell sell swell

shell yell dwell fell

Order in the

Court!

Place the words below in alphabetical order.

1. 7.

2. 8.

3. 9.

4. 10.

5. 11.

6. 12.

-ell Crossword Puzzle

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Across

Down

1. write or say the letters of a word

1. to grow in size

2. a turtle or snail’s covering

2. an odor

3. something that rings at school

4. a room in a jail or prison

5. to live in

6. the opposite of sick

8. to shout

7. to give something for money

9. to put a story into words; say

Word Bank

swell tell spell sell dwell smell

yell well shell cell bell

ell Word Slide

ell

ell Family Word Slide

(Sound Blending)

Print on vellum, cut, and laminate for durability. Cut the top and bottom slits to the left

of the rime chunk for the slide. Model proper use for students: blending to form and

say new words.

b

c

f

j

s

sh

sm

sp

sw

t

w

y

smell

shell

fell

bell

cell

yell

cell

tell

sell

ell Words and Pictures for Sorts

-ell Pictures and Words

smell

-ell Pictures and Words

fell

-ell Pictures and Words

shell

-ell Pictures and Words

shell

ell Words and Pictures for Sorts

ell Pictures and Words

-ell Pictures and Words

yell

-ell Pictures and Words

cell

-ell Pictures and Words

cell

-ell Pictures and Words

tell

ell Words and Pictures for Sorts

-ell Pictures and Words

sell

-ell penny push

bell

cell

fell

sell

shell

smell

spell

swell

tell

well

yell

doorbell

eggshell

farewell

retell

bell

cell

fell

sell

shell

smell

spell

swell

tell

well

yell

doorbell

eggshell

farewell

retell

bell

cell

fell

sell

shell

smell

spell

swell

tell

well

yell

doorbell

eggshell

farewell

retell

My ell Book

ell Stationery

Write sentences or a story with –ell words of your choice.

bell, cell, dwell, fell, sell, shell, smell, spell

swell, tell, well, yell

ell ell

-ell family

____ell ____ ell

-ell family

____ell ____ ell