1. Learning Objective We will be able to spell words with…
Two syllables and a double consonant

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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

5. 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

6. Word sums add the suffix ing top top + p + ing = topping bed
bed + d + ing = bedding