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Grade 3 Reading & Writing Β· World 1: Word Detective Agency Β· Level 3

The Three Sounds of -ed

Jumped ends like kept, hummed like planned, wanted adds a syllable; sort them and spell them.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

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What children learn in Level 3

  • E d at the end of a verb means it already happened. But listen: e d can make three different sounds!
  • In jumped, it sounds like /⁠t⁠/. Jump ends with a quiet sound, /⁠p⁠/, so e d says /⁠t⁠/. Same in kicked, washed, and fixed.
  • In hummed, it sounds like /⁠d⁠/. Hum ends with a voice sound you can feel in your throat, so e d says /⁠d⁠/. Same in played and smiled.
  • In wanted, e d adds a whole new syllable: want, ed. That happens when the word ends with t or d: needed, landed, painted.
  • Whatever it sounds like, it's always spelled e d.
  • Your turn! Sort these words by the sound of e d.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

  • 3.F.P.4.a β€” Decode and encode words with graphemes that represent multiple letter-sound correspondences.
  • 3.F.P.4.c β€” Decode and encode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

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