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-am Word Family List

am

clam

cram

dam

exam

gram

ham

jam

ram*

Sam

scam

scram

sham

slam

swam

tram

wham

yam

ram

Meet the -am Word Family


am cram dam

exam exam gram ham

jam ram Sam scam

scram sham slam swam

clam

swam tram wham yam

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Bookmarkers: -am Bookmarkers provide easy access to the word family list.

Cut and distribute bookmarkers for students to keep at their desk. For durability, print on vellum and laminate.

am clam cram dam exam gram ham jam ram Sam scam scram sham slam swam tram wham yam




Name ___________________________________

Matching: -am Set 1 of 2

Draw a line from the -am picture to the matching -am word.


am

exam

jam

scram

swam

ram

clam

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Name ___________________________________

Matching: -am Set 2 of 2

Draw a line from the -am picture to the matching -am word.


cram

Sam

yam

gram

ham

dam

slam

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Name ___________________________________

Finish the Word: -am (set 1 of 2)

Say the name of each picture. Then, add -am to finish the word.


am h sw

gr sl

cr ex sh

y

Name ___________________________________________

Finish the Word: -am (Set 2 of 2)

Say the name of each picture. Then, add -am to finish the word.


j cl

S tr scr

wh sc d

r

Name ___________________________________

Look, Circle and Write 1: -am Look at the picture in each box. Circle the -am word family word that matches picture. Write the-am word on the lines. Draw a picture in the box to illustrate the last -am word.


jam jog dime dam wham whom

clump clam Sun Sam

at am

ram you yam

sweet swam

Name ___________________________________

Look, Circle and Write 2: -am Look at the picture in each box. Circle the -am word family word that matches picture. Write the-am word on the lines. Draw a picture in the box to illustrate the last -am word.


cram crib screen scam hum ham

slump slam scrub scram

sham shoe

jam gram grain

train tram

Name ___________________________________

Look, Circle and Write 3: -am Look at the picture in each box. Circle the -am word family word that matches the picture. Write the -am word on the lines.

run

ram

swap

swam

slam

slim

gem

jam


2.

1.

3.

4.

5.

am

em

-am Buddy Puzzle 1


am am

am

am

am

am

cr d

ex

cl Cut through the center of each picture. Color, match pairs and glue.

For durability, print on vellum and laminate.

gr

-am Buddy Puzzle 2


am am

am

am

am

am

r S

sc scr

j Cut through the center of each picture. Color, match pairs and glue.


h

-am Buddy Puzzle 3


am am

am

am

am

am

sw tr

wh y

sl Cut through the center of each picture. Color, match pairs and glue.


sh

-am Word Family Flash Cards. Color, Cut and Laminate.


am

clam

cram

dam

exam



exam

gram

ham

jam

ram



Sam

scam

scram

sham

slam



swam

swam

tram

wham

yam

X’s and O’s 1: -am


Name __________________________________

Circle each picture that ends with the -am rhyme. Draw an X on the pictures that do not .

X’s and O’s 2: -am


Name __________________________________

Circle each picture that ends with the -am rhyme. Draw an X on the pictures that do not .

See, Say, Spell 1: -am


Name ___________________________________

See and say the name of the -am picture. Then, spell the -am word. On the last one, say the -am word and draw a picture of it.

jam

See, Say, Spell 2: -am


Name ___________________________________

See and say the name of the -am picture. Then, spell the -am word. On the last one, say the -am word and draw a picture of it.

clam

Name ___________________________________________

Alphabet Soup: -am

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. 12.

11.

10.

9.

8.

7.

Write the -am words from the word bank in alphabetical order.

jam gram

dam yam

Sam am

swam exam

slam clam

ram wham


Name ___________________________________

Cloze the Gap: -am

1. Do you like green eggs and ____________________?

2. He hit a grand ____________________ at baseball game!

3. I like to spread strawberry ____________________ on my bread.

4. Did you know a stick of gum weighs only one ____________________?

5. We ____________________ at Pam’s pool party.

6. I ________ ready to take the math ___________________________.

7. My dad’s favorite soup is ____________________ chowder.

8. The magician’s magic trick was just a ____________________.

9. That ____________________ has curved horns on its head.

10. The mad farmer made the pesky rodent ____________________.

11. I’ll try to ____________________ all my clothes in the suitcase.

12. We rode the ____________________ to the park.

Read the sentences saying the word “ram" when you come to a blank space. If it sounds silly, choose another word from the -am family to complete the sentence.


tram slam scram sham swam am

jam cram clam ram gram ham exam

Word Bank

Name ___________________________________

Picture Sentences: -am Read each sentence saying the -am picture’s name. Then, write the sentence and spell the -am word. Words: ham, Sam, slam, yam.

2. I sit next to on the bus.


1. Please, do not the door!

3. I ate and a for dinner.

Name __________________________________

Score with Scrabble: -am

A1

C3

C3

D2

E1

G2

H4

R1

S1

S1

Total

score

L1 A1

R1

M3

A1

A1 M3

X8 A1

R1

A1

M3

M3

R1

M3

A1 M3

A1 M3

A1

J8

C3

W4 A1


Read each Scrabble word. Add and record the numbers in the score box. Total the scores at the bottom.

M3

M3

A1

M3

M3

Name ___________________________________

The Shape Station: -am Write the words from the word bank to fit the box patterns.


exam slam yam am

scram clam gram Sam

1. 5.

2. 6.

7. 3.

4. 8.

Name ___________________________________

Word Family Definitions: -am (set 1of 2)

Read each word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the matching letter In the column under the arrow. Then, write a sentence for each word.

Word Sentence Definition

1. am

2. clam

4. dam

5. exam

3. cram

6. gram

7. ham

8. jam

9. ram

10. Sam

a. a metric unit of weight; nickname for grandma

b. a test

c. a recipe made of fruit and sugar; stuck in traffic

d. meat from a hog

e. to fill a container until it’s completely stuffed

f. a boy’s name

h. a shellfish mollusk that lives in the ocean and on beaches

i. a wall built across a river to stop the water flow

j. a form of the word be that is used with I

g. a male sheep


Sam likes to cram more than a gram of jam

on his sandwich!

Name ___________________________________

Word Family Definitions: -am (set 2 of 2)

Read each word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the matching letter In the column under the arrow. Then, write a sentence for each word.

Word Sentence Definition

1. scam

2. scram

4. slam

5. swam

3. sham

6. tram

7. wham

8. yam

a. a type of sweet potato

b. a dishonest plan to cheat people out of money

c. the past tense of swim

d. the sound of a hard impact

e. a vehicle that carries a group of people for a short distance

f. make-believe; trick

h. to run away quickly; skedaddle

g. to hit or close something with a lot of force


Did you hear the loud wham from the tram

when it slammed into the traffic jam?

Name ___________________________________

Spelling Cut & Paste: -am (set 1 of 2)

Cut the letters and spell the words illustrated in the pictures. Glue words to the squares. Add .


a1 a1 a1 a1 m1 m1

m1 m1 e5 c5 h5 s5

l8 w3 w3 x1

Name ___________________________________

Spelling Cut & Paste: -am (set 2 of 2)

Cut the letters and spell the words illustrated in the pictures. Glue words to the squares. Add .


a1 a1 a1 a1 m1 m1

m1 m1 t5 c5 c5 s5

g8 r3 r3 r1 r1

s w a m e s c r a m e h c k e h r a i e S a m t c a a m m j y m g r a m m e c a a r a a w b s c a m e x a m h j d l k r k q a y e a a k a a a m v c l a m y a m

Name __________________________________

Word Search: -am


scram tram swam gram wham slam ram Sam exam am clam cram ham jam dam scam yam sham

Name ___________________________________

Crossword Puzzle: -am

Across 1. to run away quickly

2. an American figure named “Uncle ___”

3. a unit of metric measurement

6. a hard impact; (an 80’s pop band)

7. a trick or make-believe

9. a spreadable fruit topping

10. another word for trolley

11. a mollusk used in chowder soup

13. a test at school; or health check up

Down 1. to close a door too hard

4. a male sheep

5. past tense for swim

8. the meat from a hog

10. a type of sweet potato

11. overload, to pack too full

12. a form of the be that is used with I


10.

1.

11.

3.

2.

4.

8. 7.

6.

5.

9.

10. 13.

12.

Names __________________________________

Suffix Word Builder: -am Look at the root words on the left. Make new words by adding -s, -ed and -ing. Write the new words in the boxes. Note: Some root words will not use all suffixes.

Root Word -s -ed* -ing*

clam cram exam jam

scam slam wham

slam! Six slams! I am slamming. I slammed!


Name ___________________________________

Suffix Cloze the Gap: -am Complete the sentences using -am suffix words. You may use your -am Suffix Word Builder worksheet and the word bank below for support.

1. An ounce of gummy bears weighs 28 ____________________.

2. I’m ____________________ too many books in my backpack.

3. We found lots of ____________________ on the sandy beach.

4. Mom told me to stop ____________________ the front door.

5. The crook was ____________________ people out of money.

6. Watch me jump into the ____________________ pool!

7. Several ____________________ are driving people to the park.

8. I need to study for the two ____________________.

9. Both of my ____________________ love kissing my cheeks!

10. We had two glazed __________ and marshmallow __________ for the holiday dinner.


Word Bank

slamming swimming exams cramming grams

clams grams scamming trams hams yams

Word Family Slide: -am

Word Family Slide: -am (Sound Blending)

Cut around the circle. Cut the two slits in the circle beside the rime chunk to insert the slide. Demonstrate use for students: blending to form and say new words in this word family.

For durability, print on vellum, cut and laminate.


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h

j

r

S

cl

cr

d

ex

gr

sc

scr

sh

sl

sw

tr

wh

y

Word Family: -am Pictures and Words for Sorts

-am pictures and words

am -am pictures and words

clam -am pictures and words

cram -am pictures and words

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exam -am pictures and words

exam -am pictures and words

gram -am pictures and words

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jam -am pictures and words

ram -am pictures and words

Sam -am pictures and words

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scram -am pictures and words

sham -am pictures and words

slam -am pictures and words

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swam -am pictures and words

tram -am pictures and words

wham -am pictures and words

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Name ___________________________________

Word List Handwriting Practice: -am Trace over words in the -am word list. Then, write the words on the spaces below.

Draw a pictures of the words on the back of your paper.

gram ham jam ram Sam

am clam cram dam exam

scam scram sham slam

swam tram wham yam


Name ___________________________________

Sentences Handwriting Practice: -am Trace over the words in each sentence. Then, write the sentences on the spaces below. Draw a picture for a sentence on the back of your paper.

Sam lives by the dam.

I am Sam the ram.

Sam swam and dug for clams.

Sam likes jam, ham and yams.


Writing Station: -am

Name ___________________________________

Write sentences or a creative story using the -am words.

am clam cram dam exam gram ham jam ram

Sam scam scram sham slam swam tram wham yam


Name _______________________________

Word Family Fun: -am Create words from the -am word family


_____am _____am _____am _____am _____am

_____am _____am _____am _____am _____am

Name _______________________________

Word Family Picture: -am Create words from the -am word family.

Then, draw a picture of an -am word in the box.


_____am _____am _____am _____am _____am _____am

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