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Adding -ing to Words
If you are teaching your young writers about the rules involved when adding -ing to the end of a word, then this presentation is for you! Learners are shown the two most important rules when adding -ing to the end of a word, then...
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Spelling - Adding -ing to Verbs
In this language arts presentation, learners are coached on the proper ways, and proper times, to add -ing to a verb. Clear instructions, and engaging examples are embedded in each slide. A very good PowerPoint to use when teaching this...
Scholastic
Reading Success Mini Books: Word Families
Engage children in learning about rhyming words with this printable book on the -ing word family. Including six words with supporting pictures, young learners practice reading and writing the words before adding their own word and...
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Spelling Rule: v-c, double the consonant before adding -ed or -ing
Apply the spelling rule about adding suffixes to words ending with a vowel followed by a consonant with your class. Spellers read the rules and examples, observe words with suffixes, and write the root words. They write 6 answers.
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Adding s, ed, and ing To Words
Second graders learn how to add s, ed, and ing suffixes to words. In this adding suffixes lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the rules for adding endings to words before completing an associated worksheet.
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Add -ed to Words
What a simple and easy way to review adding the -ed ending to words. This resource lists the rules for adding -ed to words, and provides a variety of examples to make this concept easy to understand. This would be a useful tool to use in...
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Adding -ing Activity
In this adding ing learning exercise, learners add ing to words by choosing the correct way to spell the word. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Adding -ing
Review the rules involving the use of the -ing ending. Learners discuss a list of words, engage in activities, and learn spelling rules. This presentation provides a comprehensive review of this topic. It is a good tool for the classroom.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 11 - Affixes with Unchanging Base Words
Adding an affix to a word sometimes changes its meaning, just like magic. Using 11th of 17 lessons in the Word Recognition and Fluency series, readers become vocabulary magicians, learning to form and decode words that contain common...
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High Five Blend and Word Family Game
Practice using word blends and learning about word families by participating in a class game. Learners will collaborate as teams in a game by throwing beanbags onto a shower curtain with word blends on it. They will say the sound their...
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Practice Adding the ing Suffix
Second graders practice adding ing to words ending in one vowel and one consonant. In this adding ing lesson plan, 2nd graders participate in a teacher demonstration of adding suffixes to one vowel, one consonant words. They learn the...
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Adding -ing
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 6 words. All words have the "ing" ending. Students write each word one time.
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Word Families: -ing
In this word families worksheet, students practice adding -ing to make words. Students then write the whole word on a line. To complete the worksheet students write their own -ing word and draw a picture to match.
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Introduce: The Suffix -ing
Second and third graders are introduced to the suffix ing and examine a list of words with the suffix. They examine the meaning of the target suffix as it relates to the present verb tense and connect suffix ing words with prior...
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Spelling Rules for the Present Progressive Tense
Help your learners change words to the present progressive tense using this presentation. Using simple words like read, leave, and sit, they add an ing ending properly to a list of words. This is a good way to introduce this topic.
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The Word Factory
Here is a clever way to help your 3rd and 4th graders add -ing to verbs. A list of 10 action verbs is given, and learners must adjust the spelling of each verb to accept the -ing ending. This would be an excellent choice for a homework...
Choose My Plate
MyPlate Word Blanks
Create a silly cooking themed story using nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more! Pupils fill in the blanks using their knowledge of different types of fruit, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy, then read the story aloud to hear a whacky...
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In My World
Students identify base words and their inflectional forms. For this base words lesson plan, students learn how adding "ing" can change the meaning of the word, and they fill in a chart with different forms of base words.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 16 - Adding Vowel Suffixes to CVC and Silent E Base Words
There's a big difference between hoping and hopping. A instructional activity on adding vowel suffixes discusses when to double a consonant before adding a suffix such as -ed or -ing. Readers practice breaking down words into syllables...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and being...
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Word Endings: ed and ing
In this word ending activity, students read about the rules for adding ed or ing to words ending with a vowel followed by a consonant, then add the word endings to a set of 8 words.
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Verbs - Adding -ing
In this grammar and spelling learning exercise, students read how to add the -ing ending to verbs. They fill in 10 blanks using the proper spelling for adding the -ing ending to the given verbs.
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Adding Suffixes
In this adding suffixes to root words instructional activity, students read the spelling rule and examples, read sentences and the words at the end, and add -ed or -ing to the word to complete the sentences. Students write 8 answers.
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Use Common Roots and Affixes When Attached to Known Vocabulary
After a brief review of roots and affixes, partners are asked to choose a root, find words built on that root, and create a Christmas ornament decorated with these words. Beware the typos!