Students learn 24 common suffixes, their meanings and example words with these suffix flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
This add ing suffix worksheet gives 1st graders four base words to build and four sentences to complete, with clear handwriting lines for every answer. An answer key is included, so suffix practice takes no prep at all.
This add ED suffix worksheet helps 1st grade students build past tense verbs by adding ed to base words and completing sentences. An answer key is included for quick, easy checking.
Students match pictures to words with prefixes and suffixes and write base words in this word meanings with affixes worksheet for 1st grade, with an answer key included.
This Root Words and Endings activity has kindergarten and 1st grade students sort ping pong ball word cards by -s, -ed and -ing and find each root word, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using Word Endings S, ED, ING Center, students glue the root words and endings onto colored construction paper.
Using Word Meanings Affixes Activity, students use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.
Using Exploring New Words Prefix Activity, students will use prefix and base cards to create new words and then define the each new word.
Add an ending, change the word
First graders learn simple word endings, called suffixes or inflectional endings: -s, -es, -ed and -ing. They learn that jump + ed = jumped tells us it already happened, jump + ing = jumping tells us it's happening now, and cat + s = cats means more than one. Kids find the base word inside a longer word, which makes reading easier. The click comes when a child sees "playing" and reads "play...ing!" instead of getting stuck on a long new word.
Word endings are some of the first word parts kids learn. These moves make them easy to spot.
Show suffix flash cards and have kids read the base word, then the word with the ending. Cover the ending with your thumb and uncover it with a flourish. A few cards a day helps kids spot endings fast.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSuffix Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Give kids base word cards and ending cards (-s, -ed, -ing) to snap together. They read each new word and act it out: jump, jumped, jumping. Building words shows that the base word stays the same.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withRoot Words and Endings ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Write "run" and model acting it out, then add -ing and say, "I am running right now!" Do a few action words together before kids add -ing on their own. Connecting the ending to time makes the meaning clear.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withAdd ING Suffix WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Word ending games for little learners.
ActivitiesSort word cards by their endings: -s, -ed or -ing. Then read each pile out loud.
Open Word Endings S, ED, ING Center →
ActivitiesTurn one into many by adding -s or -es: one fox, two foxes!
Open Plurals Activity →
WorksheetsAdd -ed to action words and tell what you did yesterday.
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First graders learn the inflectional endings -s, -es, -ed and -ing. They learn to read words with these endings and understand how each changes the meaning.
A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word that changes its meaning or tense. In "played," -ed is the suffix that shows the action already happened.
The -ed ending can sound like /t/ (jumped), /d/ (played) or /ed/ (wanted). It depends on the last sound of the base word. First graders learn that the spelling stays -ed either way.
Play "What did you do?" Say an action word and have your child add -ed or -ing in a sentence. Point out endings while reading together and cover them to find the base word.
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