Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Warm-Up
10 minutes
Introduce Spelling Words and Review Family Letter
• The words this week use the suffix –ed. Explain to students that although you
will also show them the root word, they will only be tested on the word with
the –ed suffix added.
Worksheet 1.1
• Begin by writing the root word of each spelling word. Have students read the
word after you write it on the board. Then add the suffix –ed to the word. Ask
students to read the word with the suffix added. Review briefly that the suffix
–ed signals something happened in the past. Optional: You might consider
putting the words in three columns and reviewing the sound of –ed at the end
of each word as taught in Unit 1. For example:
Root Word /e/ + /d/ /d/ /t/
yell
yelled
yank
yanked
slump
slumped
limp
limped
plop
plopped
smile
smiled
shrug
shrugged
like
liked
pat
patted
• Continue this process as you introduce each word on the list. Note the word
that needs to have the final consonant spelling doubled (pat to patted, etc.)
before adding the ending. When you have finished, have students read the
list of root words and then read the list of words with the –ed suffix.
• The spelling words for this week are as follows.
1. yelled
2. yanked
3. slumped
4. limped
5. plopped
6. smiled
7. shrugged
8. liked
9. patted
Tricky Word: you
• Review the Family Letter and have students take home Worksheet 1.1.
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