AM Word Family Flower Craft

Flower craft for the AM word family with two templates: one with yam, dam, jam, ham, clam and ram written on the petals, and one with picture petals that students match to the six words listed in the centre.
Year levels
Year 1, Pre-school (Early Years)
Pages
2
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Sep 06, 2024

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Phonics Craft, Craftivity
Resource types
Crafts
Preparation
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate…

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About this resource

Get those creative juices flowing with these AM words flower craftivity. Students will practise reading and identifying AM words while creating a fun spring flower.

What is Included:

  • There is 1 flower template for reading AM family words

  • There is 1 flower template for identifying and matching AM words and pictures.

This resource contains two CVC words flower template. When finished, each flower will have 6 different petals with words and pictures. They can be used to introduce or review CVC words, especially words with the AM spelling. With easy to identify images, students will not have difficulty knowing which picture matches which word.

There are two ways to use this product:

  • One way to use this resource is to simply print, and allow students to colour, cut out and glue the flower onto coloured paper.

  • Another way to use this resource is to print the flower onto coloured card. The teacher then can cut and laminate the pieces. The flower can make a great matching activity for a literacy centre, or be combined with other word flowers to sort.

Ways to Use:

  • Independent Work - Students can complete books on their own.

  • Small Group Activity - The teacher can target students who need more practice with word families in a small group setting.

  • Early Finishers - Students who finish other work early can make these books for extra practice.

  • Homework - These foldable books can be sent home for students to work on with parents.

  • Relief Lessons - The no-prep nature makes these books great for relief teachers to give to students to complete.

  • Create a hallway, wall, door or display board

Skills Assessed

This activity has students practise scissor skills and following directions.

This activity tests students' ability to read CVC words and match AM words with pictures.

These flower craft templates are a single paged craft that supply a no prep option for teachers. Once the page is printed, the teacher just needs to provide students with scissors, glue, crayons, and coloured paper.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read the six AM words on the petals: yam, dam, jam, ham, clam and ram

  • Match each AM word to its picture

Skills covered

  • Word-picture matching — pairing each picture petal with its AM word in the flower's centre

  • Word reading — reading words like ham, dam and ram while assembling the flower

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words

Core concepts

  • AM word family

  • CVC words

  • Word-picture matching

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