Adding Suffixes to Skills 1-3

Adding Suffixes to Skills 1-3

by Mrs. Kahlig

What is a Suffix? ​

*Raise your hand*​

​An Overview....

​A suffix is one or more letters added to the end of a word.

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​Sometimes, adding a suffix to a word makes a new word or changes the part of speech

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​Adding a suffix to a word for Skill #1, you must double the ending consonant before adding the suffix THE EXCEPTION: words that end in X

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​Phonetic Skills #1 words that end in a Digraph already have two consonants after the vowel so just add the suffix. EXAMPLE- Wish, Wished

​First let's review....

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You know how to add a suffix to the end of words already!

​Adding -s or -es

​Now we will review how to add suffixes like -ing, -ed, -er, -es or -est to words that follow skills 1 & 2.

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​Other suffixes are -able, -ful, and -less. This will be reviewed later.

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​Suffixes -ed and -ing are applied most often to verbs.

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• person, place, or thing

• describes something

• action 

• an animal 

Multiple Choice

When you are adding a suffix , you must have two consonants before you add -ing, -ed, or -est.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What do you have to do for words that follow Skill #1 when adding a suffix? 

• just add the suffix

• you can't add a sufix

• triple the consonant 

• double the consonant

Open Ended

Can you think of some examples of words that follow skill #1? Write them below! 

​On a sticky note,

​Write and prove each word.

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​Hop

​Hit

​Set

​Big

​Now add a consonant and a suffix to each word

​-ed, Hop

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​--er, Hit

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​-ing, set

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​-est, big

Fill in the Blanks

What was your response for Hop

Fill in the Blanks

What about the word Hit?

Fill in the Blanks

Set?

Fill in the Blanks

Big?

Adding Suffixes to Skill #2​

Write the word..... ​

Fill in the Blanks

How many guardians does jump have?

​Rewrite the word, do not prove it this time!

​Phonetic Skill #2

​Already has two consonants, so we can just add the suffix.

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Open Ended

What are the two guardians in "jump"? 

Write the word.... ​

​Prove it then Read it

Fill in the Blanks

How many guardians the word match have?

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​Rewrite the word. Add -ed

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​Underline the suffix

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​Read the word