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Adding Suffixes Teaching Video:
-ed has 3 sounds Teaching Videos:
Spell words with -ed
- /d/ after a voiced sound like the /b/ in grabbed
- /t/ after an unvoiced sound like the /p/ in stopped
- /id/ after the letters d or t like the word planted
It is important to explain that the ending -ed means that something already happened. The tricky part is that the ending -ed says three different things at the end of words. Using these sort cards have students sort the -ed words under the correct heading /d/, /t/ or /id/.
It is important to explain that the ending -ed means that something already happened. The tricky part is that the ending -ed says three different things at the end of words. Using these sort cards have students sort the -ed words under the correct heading /d/, /t/ or /id/.
Spelling and Reading with Suffixes instructions, lists, activities and games 
This list is in an order to teach these skills in
1 Teach adding endings to base words that end in a vowel visual, directions and list
2 Intro adding endings to various base words directions and list
– Doubling rule guided practice Doubling Rule Practice adding endings to cvc words activity
– Doubling rule activity adding endings to cvc words Draw My Puppy activity
– Doubling rule game adding endings to cvc words Spinner game
–Suffix -ed has 3 sounds word list by sound
–Flashcards for -ed Says /t/, /d/, or /id/ Sort: Sort words based on which sound the -ed makes
– Read and Spell list cvc and vce with endings -ed, -er, -ing, -y, Dinner
– Read and Spell list any syllable with endings -ed -ing -er -est -ly Slime
3 Teach adding endings on words that end with y directions and list
4 Teach adding -s or -es directions and list
– -tive list Words ending with -tive Effective advanced
– -tive game Words with ending -tive game Positive or Negative
– Endings Game in sentences Hoping to Hop
Morphology – building words with meaningful chunks. While learners start to become more comfortable with longer words and word parts, it is a good time to practice noticing that words are be built by adding prefixes and suffixes to a base word. This is the beginning of the study of morphology. Morphemes are the smallest units that have meaning (ie. incoming has 3 morphemes: in, come, ing).
Finding Morphemes and Making Words With Long Vowel Cheater Chunk -igh:
Click here for the -igh says the long /i/ sound worksheet.
Directions: Highlight the -igh chunk in each title word. For the words below the title word, underline the title word and highlight the additional morphemes. (The title words on this page are each a single morpheme.) See Picture.
Challenge Bundles: Endings -tive, -al, -ally, -tion, -sion, -ture multiple syllable words
-tive ending -tive multiple syllable words bundleSchwa -al ending -al multiple syllable words bundleSchwa -ally ending -ally multiple syllable words bundleSchwa ending -tion multiple syllable words bundleSchwa ending -sion multiple syllable words bundleSchwa ending -ture multiple syllable words bundleSchwa endings -ous, -ious multiple syllable bundleSchwa endings -age multiple syllable words bundle
Challenge: Words with Schwa suffixes lists
Wordlists also found in Step 10: Huge words
-ti si ci xi say sh teach and practice sheet in multiple syllable words–tion wordlist-ture wordlist-cial wordlist-age words and phrases: Some Words Don’t Act Their AgeCommon words with endings -tion, -cial, -sion, -cient, -tureLists by ending and syllable type -sion, -tion, -tious, -cious, cial, -xious, -tient, -cient, -cion, -xion