Joel Swagman (Reviews / TESOL): -ig word family

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

-ig Word Family: 2 Word Combinations

Images were created on Google Gemini--original images here, the chat is here.

	pig in wig
	pig digs
	pig jigs
	pig zigs
	fig in wig
	pig gig
	big pig
	pig on rig
	fig on rig

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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

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

Thursday, May 28, 2026

-ug and -ig Word Story

(TESOL Materials--CVC Words)

Google: slides, pub

Based on this storybook, from this chat here. (I used Gemini Storybooks to create this.)

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Contrasting -ug and -ig words

(TESOL Worksheets--CVC words)

Google: docs, pub

[Notes: These are matching cards that I use to practice the difference between the -ug words and -ig words. It is based on the words and images from -ug cards and -ig cards activities.]

bug
big
dug
dig
jug
jig
pug
pig
rug
rig

Friday, May 22, 2026

Matching Cards for CVC words with -ig

(TESOL Worksheets-- -ig Word Family)

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 "I" card, and ask students what sound it makes. Then I take the "G" 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 -IG 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 -IG 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.