The -ip word family
Printable list of -ip family words · 1 page
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The -ip family is one of the biggest short i families, with 17 words here. The CVC words come first (dip, hip, lip, rip, sip, tip, zip), then digraph words (chip, ship, whip) and blend words (clip, drip, flip, grip, skip, slip, trip).
Because it covers so many beginning sounds, -ip is a great review family: almost every digraph and common blend shows up. Ask your child to sort the list by how the word starts.
Ship, chip and whip are also a quick way to practice telling sh, ch and wh apart.
Tips for using it
- Read ship, chip and whip in a row, and have your child say which two letters make each first sound.
- Make it physical: skip, flip and trip are fun to act out.
Variations
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What words are in the -ip family?
Dip, hip, lip, rip, sip, tip and zip; chip, ship and whip; and clip, drip, flip, grip, skip, slip and trip.
Why is -ip good for practicing blends?
So many blends fit in front of it (cl, dr, fl, gr, sk, sl, tr) that one family covers most of them.