* The Gap and the Map

* Dan and Pat

* Dan and Pat (2nd Version)

Here are 3 storybooks make by Google Gemini Storybook (of varying quality) with the intent of studying -an words, -at words, and -ap words all together.  The prompts for these books come from this chat, this chat and this chat.

Word Family -ap | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

I used this video in my classes to help students learn the -ap word family.  

Zippy's Big Adventure and The Gap and the Map and also The Cap and the Map (this last one has the simplest language).

These are both Gemini Storybooks for the CVC -ap Word Family.

Both of these books were created using the same prompt: "create a story book for new readers based on these words: gap, rap, tap, lap, sap, nap, yap, map, cap, zap"

The Gemini chats which created these storybooks can be viewed here, here and here.

-ap Word Family (CVC words)

(TESOL Ideas and Worksheets Subdivisions)

*-ap CVC Patterns Matching Cards

* Zippy's Big Adventure and The Gap and the Map

* LINK: Word Family -ap | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

See also: CVC Word Patterns

Matching Cards for CVC words with -ap

(TESOL Worksheets--CVC Word Patterns)

Google: docs, pub

I use these cards in several stages.

I start out with some of the alphabet cards from this previous activity.  I take the "A" card, and ask students what sound it makes.  Then I take the "P" sound, and ask what sound it makes, and then put the two cards together, and try to get students to tell me the sound.

I then take out several consonants, and get the students to tell me the sound, and then put these consonants together with the -AP to make different words, helping students to sound them out.  

At this point I put out the picture cards, and as we do different CVC -at words, I get students to identify the pictures.  

Once all the words and pictures have been identified, then we play a memory card game to match the words and pictures.  

Lastly, I put away the word cards, and just show students the pictures.  The students have to write down the word on their mini-white boards.

cap
gap
lap
map
nap
rap
sap
tap
zap
yap