Word Endings

1. Students should begin the lesson on the carpet. The teacher should write the following sentences on chart paper prior to the lesson. ‘I saw a lion! I stopped in shock. I stayed very still. I started to back away slowly.’ The teacher should ask students what they notice about the words underlined. Have them turn and talk to the person next to them. Bring them back together and point out the ‘ed’ endings. Read the words aloud to students and emphasize differences in the ending sounds of the words.
2. The teacher should tell students that they will be learning about how some word endings like ‘ed’ can sound more than one way even though they look the same.
3. The teacher should explain to students that the ending ‘ed’ can make more than one sound. Sometimes it makes the /id/ sound like in ‘started’. Other times it makes the /d/ sound like in ‘stayed’ or the /t/ sound like in ‘stopped’.
4. After explaining this to students, the teacher should post three new words under the document camera, (visited, worked, and moved) for students to investigate. The teacher will form columns on chart paper with the titles ‘/id/ /t/ and /t/’. The teacher will read the words aloud to students and then read them again with students, listening closely to the endings. The students will choose which column each word goes under and add it to that column.
5. The teacher will then pass out a baggy of words to each set of partners. The students will go through the words given to them in their bags, read them listening closely to the ending, and figure out what column the word goes with. The baggy should have words such as smelled, kicked, planted, etc. in it. Students should be given 5-7 minutes to do this.
6. Once the time is up, students should share aloud where they would place their words in our columns and go up and add them.
7. After this, students should be given sentence strips that incorporate words with ed endings in them. Students should work with their partners to do the same thing except this time they must be on the lookout for words ending in ‘ed’ in the sentences given to them. Students should be given 10 minutes to do this.
8. Students should be brought back together to share some of their sentences aloud and the words ending in ‘ed’ that they found and what column it would go under on our big chart.  

Students who are having difficulty could be given few words to work with or they could work in a small group with the teacher. 

Students who have mastered the concept could be challenged to create larger words and to also use those words in sentences. 

The students will be assessed through questioning during the lesson. They will be assessed through group activity, and the work they do with their partners.