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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.
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 /β tβ /. Jump ends with a quiet sound, /β pβ /, so e d says /β tβ /. Same in kicked, washed, and fixed.
- In hummed, it sounds like /β dβ /. Hum ends with a voice sound you can feel in your throat, so e d says /β dβ /. 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.