AN Word Family Foldable Mini Books

AN word family mini books where students trace words like man, pan and van and read a short decodable story about Dan, who ran to his van.
Grades
Junior Kindergarten–Grade 1
Pages
8
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Jul 01, 2025

Subject
Phonics, Reading, Language Development, ELA
Topic
Foldable Books, Mini Books
Resource types
Literacy Readers
Preparation
Print ready

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About this resource

These foldable mini books provide students will a fun and engaging way to practice and target the AN word family and phonics skills. These CVC books are great for independent reading practice and small group activities. The variety of different books allows teachers to easily differentiate these books so all students will be successful.

Foldable Books Included:

This foldable book resource includes eight different foldable books. There are three books for reading AN words, two books for writing AN words, two books for reading sentences with AN words, and one book with mixed practice.

These mini books allow students to practice AN words in isolation with the reading words and writing books, as well as with the mixed practice book. The I Can Read books allows practice with AN words in the context of simple sentences. Students will stay engaged while learning new words and can have a fun mini book to take home and review what they are learning with their parents.

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.

  • Sub Plans - The no-prep nature makes these books great for subs to give to students to complete.

These mini books provide a great way for students to practice reading and writing CVC words. These no-prep foldable mini books are an easy to assign, as well as a print and go task that can be used as morning work, homework or substitute plans.

Skills Assessed:

These foldable mini phonics books allow students to practice reading, writing, and identifying AN words.


Since these mini books are foldable, no scissors, staples or glue is required to complete the books. Each book prints on a single page to allow teachers to save paper while providing ample practice of each AN word.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Skills covered

  • Word tracing — tracing man, ran, pan, fan, can and van

  • Decodable reading — reading lines such as 'A fan is in the van.'

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