Spelling Verb Endings
Spell words with common suffixes (-s/-es for plurals and third person verbs, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) where no change to the root word is needed
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“When your child writes about more than one dog or talks about something that is happening now, do they add the right ending — like "dogs" or "jumping" — without making spelling mistakes?”
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- Activity. Spell words with common suffixes (-s/-es for plurals and third person verbs, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) where no change to the root word is needed
What to notice. Add -s or -es correctly to make plurals (e.g. 'cats', 'boxes') • Spell words with -ing and -ed endings (e.g. 'jumping', 'helped') • Add -er and -est to adjectives (e.g. 'quicker', 'quickest')
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When your child writes about more than one dog or talks about something that is happening now, do they add the right ending — like "dogs" or "jumping" — without making spelling mistakes?
Spell words with common suffixes (-s/-es for plurals and third person verbs, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) where no change to the root word is needed
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- Add -s or -es correctly to make plurals (e.g. 'cats', 'boxes')
- Spell words with -ing and -ed endings (e.g. 'jumping', 'helped')
- Add -er and -est to adjectives (e.g. 'quicker', 'quickest')
“When your child writes about more than one dog or talks about something that is happening now, do they add the right ending — like "dogs" or "jumping" — without making spelling mistakes?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Spelling & Word Study
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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