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Grade 5 Reading & Writing Β· World 1: Spelling Springs Β· Level 2
Twin Endings
Tell -ant/-ent, -ance/-ence, -able/-ible, -al/-el/-le apart with word families and a dictionary check.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 2
- Some endings sound alike, and that's what makes them tricky. Say important and student. The last syllables sound nearly the same.
- Word families help. Important becomes importance, and different becomes difference. Once you know one, you know the other.
- For able and ible, try this: if the part before the ending is a whole word, it's usually a b l e. Comfort is a word, so it's comfortable. Vis isn't a word, so it's visible.
- A clue that works for many words isn't a promise. When you're not sure, check a dictionary.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.F.P.4.a β Decode and encode words with graphemes that represent multiple letter-sound correspondences.
- 5.F.P.4.c β Decode and encode words with common prefixes and suffixes.