1st Grade Word Endings s, es, ed, ing, er, est Worksheets
78 printable 1st Grade phonics worksheets on Word Endings s, es, ed, ing, er, est. Every sheet has an answer key — 78 in all. 8 activity types: Cut And Glue Sort, Find And Color, Flashcards, Fluency. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: -s; naps, moms and lunches; snacks, moms and buses; -es; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 24 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 1.
What is in this set: Find And Color (16), Flashcards (12), Sort And Write (12), Roll And Read (10), Cut And Glue Sort (9), Fluency (7), Read And Draw (7) and Lesson (5).
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Includes 8 activity types: Cut And Glue Sort, Find And Color, Flashcards, Fluency, Lesson, Read And Draw, Roll And Read, Sort And Write.
All 78 worksheets in this set
- Lesson 1: -s Free PDF
- Cut And Glue Sort 1: naps, moms and lunches Free PDF
- Sort And Write 1: snacks, moms and buses Free PDF
- Lesson 2: -es
- Cut And Glue Sort 2: naps, moms and lunches
- Cut And Glue Sort 3: naps, moms and lunches
- Sort And Write 2: snacks, moms and buses
- Sort And Write 3: snacks, moms and buses
- Fluency 1: needs, means, hands and girls
- Fluency 2: kits, lists, parks and snacks
- Read And Draw 1: dishes, frogs, hands and logs
- Roll And Read 1: means, needs, gets and things
- Roll And Read 2: stamps, fixes, caps and chains
- Roll And Read 3: strings, clicks, thanks and sets
- Find And Color 1: st, tr and gr
- Find And Color 2: ie, igh and i_e
- Find And Color 3: ea and ee
- Flashcards 1: wishes, needs, classes and thanks
- Flashcards 2: classes, hands, wishes and thanks
- Flashcards 3: classes, hands, losses and things
- Lesson 3: -ed
- Cut And Glue Sort 4: jumped, spilled and painted
- Cut And Glue Sort 5: jumped and spilled
- Cut And Glue Sort 6: jumped and spilled
- Sort And Write 4: jumped, spilled and painted
- Sort And Write 5: jumped, spilled and painted
- Sort And Write 6: jumped, spilled and painted
- Fluency 3: asked, turned, needed and started
- Fluency 4: greeted, dumped, aimed and spilled
- Read And Draw 2: melted, painted, spilled and waited
- Roll And Read 4: needed, started, asked and turned
- Roll And Read 5: sealed, nailed, smashed and treated
- Roll And Read 6: spilled, thanked, tucked and turned
- Find And Color 4: ed and s
- Find And Color 5: oa, ow and o_e
- Flashcards 4: asked, turned, started and helped
- Flashcards 5: asked, needed, started and turned
- Flashcards 6: asked, needed, turned and treated
- Lesson 4: -ing
- Sort And Write 7: eating and swimming
- Sort And Write 8: eating and swimming
- Sort And Write 9: eating and swimming
- Fluency 5: getting, stopped, winning and sitting
- Read And Draw 3: digging, painting, sleeping and swimming
- Roll And Read 7: meaning, thinking, getting and keeping
- Roll And Read 8: ripping, helping, starting and dipped
- Roll And Read 9: spending, greeting, running and sweeping
- Find And Color 6: ing, ed and s
- Find And Color 7: st, tr and gr
- Flashcards 7: eating, getting, asking and running
- Flashcards 8: getting, running, eating and dropping
- Flashcards 9: getting, stopped, speaking and running
- Lesson 5: -er-est
- Cut And Glue Sort 7: -er and -est
- Cut And Glue Sort 8: -er and -est
- Cut And Glue Sort 9: -er and -est
- Sort And Write 10: -er and -est
- Sort And Write 11: -er and -est
- Sort And Write 12: -er and -est
- Fluency 6: higher, lower, stronger and highest
- Read And Draw 4: darkest, highest, hotter and slower
- Roll And Read 10: higher, darker, cleaner and lower
- Find And Color 8: er and est
- Find And Color 9: ing, ed and s
- Find And Color 10: st, tr and gr
- Flashcards 10: lower, higher, stronger and harder
- Flashcards 11: lower, harder, higher and highest
- Flashcards 12: higher, lower, highest and stronger
- Find And Color 11: ie, igh and y
- Read And Draw 5: boat, bowl, ducks and fruit
- Find And Color 12: st, tr and bl
- Read And Draw 6: crow, peach, pie and pigs
- Find And Color 13: st, tr and bl
- Find And Color 14: a_e, i_e and o_e
- Read And Draw 7: bee, bowl, fruit and kids
- Find And Color 15: st, tr and bl
- Find And Color 16: ie, igh and y
- Fluency 7: getting, runs, sights and eel
Teaching Word Endings s, es, ed, ing, er, est
What it is
An ending is a small piece added to a word the child already reads: -s and -es (helps, boxes, wishes), -ed (passed, seemed), -ing (sending, showing), and -er and -est (deeper, deepest). Most base words keep their spelling; a short word that ends in one vowel and one consonant doubles the last letter first, as cut does in cutting.
When a child is ready
Begin once the child reads the base words on sight, since an ending is only clear when the word under it is already known.
If they struggle
Children often read the base and drop the ending, or say every -ed as a full extra beat. Cover the ending, read the base, then uncover and read the whole word. For -ed, listen for its sounds: /t/ in passed and fixed, /d/ in seemed and failed.
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