Word Ending Reading Lessons

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About this time, you can start to introduce different word endings, or suffixes, as they're called. Some of the ones I have here, I'll start with the "er" sound, which comes in -er, -ur, or -ir. All of them tend to make the sound "er". And the -er is a true suffix that adds a certain meaning to different words, as we have in runner, better, batter. Again, tell them about how the double consonant there only makes one sound. It's not "bet-ter," it's "better." And then the -ur and the -ir, and the examples--fur and stir. And as many others as you can come up with. There are also some other endings, or suffixes, that we have here. With the -ing, of course, you can add that. Turns any verb into a noun. Running, jumping, singing, tapping, getting, stopping, and as many more as you can come up with. The -ed. Now -ed is interesting because only on a few words does it actually say "ed," like it looks like it should. If you actually sound this out, "jumped," it adds a "t" sound after the word "jump." Same with the other two I have here: stopped and trapped. Tell your child it's actually making a "t" sound, and don't let them read it "jump-ed, stop-ed, trap-ed." Some children might do that. Emphasize that "t," and tell them you want to hear the "t." Some might also get lazy and say, "The cow jump over the moon," and not put the "t" sound. Make them say it three times if you have to. "Jumpt, stopt, trapt." And the last one I'm showing you here is the -le sound, which I just say "l." Just say, "L." Little, simple, topple, and riddle are the examples. And those are some of our endings. And we'll run into some other endings as you go through different words in sentences and books.

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