Accept Except’s Word Family Plus -Able & -Ible Suffix Guide

Description

Is spelling accept & except confusing for your students? They can’t sound out the difference. The Spelling & Morphology make the difference. Would you like a way to help students distinguish these two homophones?

Grab this digital resource with a printable PDF version included for students of all ages. Enjoy the convenient access to both versions. Print pages for students to work on. Use the digital version for the reading fluency game and homophone practice. There’s a bonus: a Guide to the -Able & -Ible Suffixes to help you guide your student’s spelling choices. It includes reasons for one over the other with example words, and suggestions for teaching your dyslexic students.

The word study is grouped by prefix rather than practicing all the words at one time. I often work on a couple of pages of the resource at a time. Spaced Practice to give our tutoring students reading & spelling exposure to the word family without overwhelming them. It works well for dyslexic students.

What’s Included:

• Instructions and Answers
• Matrix Word Sum Sheets with accept, except, intercept, decept-, recept-, suscept-, concept, percept-
• Sentence Writing using target words
• Usage and Parts of Speech for words from this word family
• Noticing how the base’s orthographic denotation (its historical meaning) is part of each word’s modern meaning
• Why can’t we just sound out accept & except to distinguish them? A look at their Phonology (sounds)
• Homophone Practice choosing between accept and except
• Reading Fluency Wipe Out Game (PowerPoint version only)
• 59 PowerPoint slides & 15 PDF pages
• PLUS the 5-page Guide to the -Able & -Ible Suffixes

Phonics Concepts You Can Teach with this Word Family

• Sounds of <c> especially in accept & concept
• Spelling with <x> when it feels like /ks/: except
• Suffixes <-able> and <-ible>: acceptable & susceptible
• Schwa in unstressed syllables
• Letter <t> spelling /ʃ/ (sh) before an <-ion> suffix
• Prefixes & Suffixes add to a base’s meaning
• Morphology & word sums to analyze each word
• Homophones, the similar pronunciations of accept & except

Prepare your students to read and spell these common words: accept, except, intercept, receptive, deception, susceptible, perception, concepts, etc.

Happy Spelling!