Purpose:

To help students with word endings

Preparation time: 

10 minutes

Materials:  

Box of crayons, pen, pencil and paper per student

Preparation:

Write a number of familiar root words such as jump, rain, start, etc. on index cards. On a second set of index cards, write endings, such as  -ing, -ed, and –s.

Procedure:

1. Shuffle the pack of root words. Have the student pick a word.
2. Have the student write the word on a piece of paper.
3. Have the student pick and ending card.
4. Have student add the ending to the word and then pronounce the word.