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Grade 1 Reading & Writing · World 4: Vowel Team Lagoon · Level 29
-s, -ing, and -ed
Add endings to root words: jump, jumps, jumping, jumped.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 29
- A root word is the main part of a word. Jump is a root word. We can add endings to it!
- Add -s: he jumps. Add -ing: he is jumping right now. Add -ed: he jumped yesterday.
- Words that end with sh, ch, s, or x add -es instead of -s: wash, washes.
- To read a long word, find the root first, then the ending: help, helping.
- Root word plus ending: -s, -ing, or -ed.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 1.L.GC.1.6 — Form and use verbs by adding -ing, -ed, or -s. (Master)
- 1.L.V.2.a — Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and inflectional endings used to form and comprehend new words (e.g., looks, looked, looking). (I)
- 1.L.V.2.c — Construct words using frequently occurring root words and inflectional endings. (C)