Frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms
I can identify root words and their endings.
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General
In this lesson, students will look at different root words and how adding inflectional endings change the word. They will practice adding these endings and identifying which ending to use in complete sentences.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.4b
Learning objective
Students will be able to identify root words and their endings.
Introduction
Students will turn and talk to a partner about groups of words, such as "jumps," "jumping," and "jumped." They will look at words with the roots, "walk" and "help," with different endings.
Instruction
Students will look at what happens when an "s" is added to a noun or a verb. They will also look at words with "-ed" and discuss that it makes it past tense. They will add "-ing" to words like "mix" and "yell."
Students will then listen to words, like "climbed," and select the word they heard. They will read incomplete sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of words.
Quiz
Students will review how to adding inflectional endings to root words.
Closing
Ask students to recall the three endings that can be added to root words. They will sort words by their endings. Lastly, they can spin the wheel to add endings to four root words.
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