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Adding Suffixes: Dropping the Silent E

Grades: 3rd Grade, 2nd Grade

Subjects: English Language Arts, Reading

Standards: Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. (2.3.0.3.d.)

Student Instructions

1. Click add 2. Read the base word and add the suffix. Type the new word into the label box. 3. Click check

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

This activity asks students to practice dropping the silent e on different verbs and adding the suffixes -ed and -ing.