Spelling Pattern Week 1
Unit 3 Week 1
Adding ed and ing
Pattern - Drop the silent E from a word when adding a vowel suffix.
Double consonant in one-syllable words
Examples
danced happened dried robbed watched
dancing happening drying robbing watching
Need to draw attention to dropping y as in dried but leaving the y when adding ing drying. When words end with consonant just add ed or ing
Adding ed and ing
Pattern - Drop the silent E from a word when adding a vowel suffix.
Double consonant in one-syllable words
Examples
danced happened dried robbed watched
dancing happening drying robbing watching
Need to draw attention to dropping y as in dried but leaving the y when adding ing drying. When words end with consonant just add ed or ing