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Lesson 107

Doubling Rule -ed, -ing

Spelling change with -ED and -ING

The concept of a doubled consonant representing a single sound was introduced in Lesson 42. Remember, words with a consonant followed by one vowel followed by one consonant at the end of syllables always have a short vowel sound.

Today's plan

about 15 min
  1. Step 1Warm up our ears (blend & segment)2 min
  2. Steps 2 & 3Look & Say / Listen & Spell4 min
  3. Step 4Blending drill3 min
  4. Step 5New concept + read/spell6 min
Step 1

Warm Up Our Ears

Say the sounds; students blend them into a word. Then say a word; students break it apart.

Blend it (teacher says sounds → you say word)

hug · -inghugging
shop · -ingshopping

Break it (I say word → you say sounds)

Steps 2 & 3

Flashcard Drills

Full-screen cards for the class. Tap a card to check the answer, or press Hear the words to hear the example words read aloud.

Step 4

Blending Drill

Change one part at a time and read the new word.

Step 5

New Concept

Today we learn a spelling rule for adding -ED and -ING to words with one vowel and one final consonant.

Highlighted words are the ones to show and practice reading — tap one to hear it.

-ED and -ING are both suffixes. We learned that we can add -ED and -ING to verbs to change their tense. When we add -ED and -ING to a word with one vowel and one final consonant, we need to double the final consonant before we add the ending. For example, the word has one vowel (o) and one final consonant (p). To turn stop into stopped or stopping we need to double the p then add -ED or -ING.

Doubling Rule -ed, -ing

When we are spelling and want to add -ED or -ING to a word, we can write the word then check to see if it has one vowel and one final consonant to tell if we need to double the consonant before adding the -ED or -ING ending.