Learning Objective We will be able to spell words with… Two syllables and a double consonant
Syllables Listen to the words below. Try to count the number of beats (syllables) in the words. Yellow Ye - llow Puddle Pu – ddle Can you spot the double consonant in each word?
Odd one out. marrow orange hopper dull buzzing Can you spot the word below that doesn’t have two syllables? marrow orange hopper dull buzzing Can you spot the word that doesn’t have a double consonant?
Adding er, ed and ing bat batted let letting tip tipping stop stopper ed or ing has been added to the words below. How else have the words changed? What do the first words have in common? bat batted let letting tip tipping stop stopper rub rubbing
Remember to double the last consonant. Did you find the rule? When a word with a short vowel sound before a single consonant is suffixed, the last consonant is doubled. hop Add the suffix ing Remember to double the last consonant. hop + p + ing
Word sums add the suffix ing top top + p + ing = topping bed bed + d + ing = bedding