What’s on the The -an Word Family poster
12 entries in 2 groups.
Every word ends -an, so only the beginning changes.
- THREE LETTERS: can, man, pan, fan, ran, van
- FOUR LETTERS: plan, than, scan, span
Try the sentence: "The man ran to the van."
Questions about the The -an Word Family poster
- What’s on the The -an Word Family poster?
- 12 entries in 2 groups. Every word ends -an, so only the beginning changes. THREE LETTERS: can, man, pan, fan, ran, van; FOUR LETTERS: plan, than, scan, span. Try the sentence: "The man ran to the van.".
- Who is the The -an Word Family poster for?
- The -an Word Family is filed under Kindergarten (ages 5–6), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the The -an Word Family poster?
- Read straight down the column. The pattern teaches itself faster than sounding out. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The -an Word Family belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The -an Word Family?
- The -ap Word Family, The -at Word Family and The -ig Word Family sit alongside The -an Word Family in the Kindergarten set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The -ap Word FamilyThe -at Word FamilyThe -ig Word Family
- Is the The -an Word Family poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The -an Word Family downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kindergarten set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The -an Word Family poster print at?
- The -an Word Family is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The -an Word Family loses nothing.Printing guide
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