Don’t say the word before confirming the spelling and pronunciation with readers. Help them listen and identify the sound that an inflectional ending makes to understand how the letter s at the end of the words has more than one pronunciation.
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Activity: My Word Sums
Standards
Read and spell words with inflectional endings that signal subject-verb agreement or present progressive tense.
Reader Goals
I can add an inflectional ending to make subject-verb agreement or present progressive tense.
Focus
• third-person singular tense marker -s
• present progressive tense marker -ing