Words with a suffix

Teacher edition · Grade 3 · Lesson 18 · Dictation & encoding

Writing Book 3 · sheet 57

Base word first, then the ending.

2. Your turn

Write each item the teacher says: jumped, running, careful, quickly. Check every one against the board.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Point to the one you had to fix.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Point to the one you had to fix.

Watch forThe doubling rule (*running*) will trip them. Do not teach it here — note who needs it.