The Day Eddie Met the Author Spelling Assignment
Name: __________________________
At the beginning of each 6-day cycle, your child will have a spelling pretest. Based upon the pretest, one
of two lists will be given to your child to study for the week. At the end of the 6-day cycle, your child
will take a test on this list. The weekly list assigned to your son/daughter can be found in his/her
spelling pretest book. The list can be found under the title “Words to Study”. These are the words to
be used when completing the spelling assignments each week.
This week’s spelling skill deals with adding the suffixes –ed and-ing to base words. Three rules
are being examined:
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Just add the suffix (-ed, -ing) to the base word.
2. Drop the silent –e before adding the suffix (-ed, -ing).
3. Words with short vowel sounds double the final consonant before adding the suffix (-ed, ing).
Assignment One: Write each word three times. Circle words that just add the suffix (-ed, -ing) blue.
Circle the words that drop the silent –e before adding the suffix (-ed, -ing) green. Circle the words that
double the final consonant before adding the suffix (-ed, -ing) red.
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Assignment Two: Choose two words, and write a command (a sentence that tells someone to do
something) for each word. Choose two different words, and write an exclamation (a sentence showing
feeling or emotion) for each word.
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Time Management Goal: One of the main goals of assigning all of the spelling at one time is to promote
time management for the children. Below is an example of how to complete the assignments along the
way.
Day one: Write ½ of the words three times each.
Day two: Write the second ½ of words three times each.
Day three: Complete the color circling portion of the assignment.
Day four: Write the two command sentences.
Day five: Write the two exclamation sentences and study for test.
Day six: Turn in assignment and take test at school.
Assignment due and test on: ________________________
Lesson 2-“The Day Eddie Met the Author”
Base Words and Endings –ed,-ing
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5.
6.
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15.
saved
moved
riding
waking
pulled
taking
hopped
baking
picked
having
letting
running
drawing
folded
shopped
1. moving
2. caused
3. dancing
4. hoping
5. smiling
6. grinning
7. snapped
8. swimming
9. stepping
10. ripped
11. freezing
12. tricked
13. quitting
14. waved
15. climbed