A Graduation Word Study
$0.00Would you like a simple word study to get your students familiar with morphology? Let’s look at the word graduation and its word family. What’s the base? What suffixing rule do we use in this spelling?
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Would you like a simple word study to get your students familiar with morphology? Let’s look at the word graduation and its word family. What’s the base? What suffixing rule do we use in this spelling?

Why is there a G in <sign>? Often students misspell sign and other words with that base spelling because they’re trying to spell by sounding out. That doesn’t work well for this.. Give them the tools to see the spelling and meaning connections. After working through the matrix and other activities in this resource, these words will become more familiar, increasing their reading fluency and spelling accuracy.



Why is <one> pronounced “won”? Are only and alone related to one?
Why is there a <w> in two? Twelve, between, and twill, really?


Have fun playing Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games while practicing the replacing (drop-e) rule for adding suffixes to words with a single, final E using word sums. During the Replacing E Rule Spelling Games, students recognize and verbalize the reasons to replace or not to replace. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!

Changing Y to I Spelling Games include Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games. Students learn which suffixes will cause the Y to change to I and which will not. During the games, students spell aloud, recognizing how the suffixing rule works. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!

Have fun playing Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games while practicing the doubling rule for adding suffixes to one-syllable and two-syllable words using word sums. During the Doubling Rule Spelling Games, students recognize and verbalize the reasons to double or not to double. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!
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