Endings and compound words: K to 2nd reading & writing
Inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing) and compound words. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing) and compound words.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about endings and compound words?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: endings and compound words.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: -s, -es, -ed, -ing (https://peabody.kids/words/c1-endings)
- Play: Compound words (https://peabody.kids/words/c1-compound)
- Play: Spelling bee: Compound words (https://peabody.kids/spelling-bee/practice/compound-words)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about endings and compound words, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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