This week’s spellings are all to do with adding ‘ing’.
We’ve tried to learn this rule already this year, but this revisit is aimed at addressing a few misconceptions that remain. Some words in English need you to ‘double up for ing’ to make a short vowel sound (like the a in batting). Some have that short vowel sound, but don’t need you to double up because the previous two letters are consonants (like wafting). Some have a long vowel sound and need you to ‘drop the e for ing’, like when you change smile to smiling. Children need to learn when to do each of these rules, so this week should remind them!
Children will only be tested on the ing words, but should understand where that word comes from in order to understand the spelling rules, which are more important than the words themselves.
The class has also been asked to find two more words of their own that don’t double up for ing and two that do.
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Base word |
ing |
|
jump |
jumping |
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waft |
wafting |
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slide |
sliding |
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wipe |
wiping |
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snatch |
snatching |
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nag |
nagging |
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brag |
bragging |
|
rot |
rotting |
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slip |
slipping |
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|
cunning |
