This guide is geared towards teachers, administrators, and other educators who want to improve their students’ foundational reading skills. In this word endings instructional activity, 1st graders study words that end in /s./. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. Each recommendation includes implementation steps and solutions for common obstacles. Summary: This practice guide provides four recommendations for teaching foundational reading skills to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Washington, DC: Institute of Education Science. Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade: practice guide summary. Summary: In this guide from the International Literacy Association, answers to the questions following questions are explored: (1) What is phonics? (2) When are students ready to learn phonics? and (3) How is phonics taught?Ģ. Explaining phonics instruction: An educator’s guide. est : loudest, softest, slowest, biggest, smallest, quietest, tallest, widest, lightest, wisest, fastest, richest, deepest, poorest, smartest, youngestġ.er : louder, softer, slower, bigger, smaller, quieter, taller, wider, runner, lighter, better, wiser, mover, baker, singer, helper, toddler, faster, deeper.ing : going, jumping, running, dancing, hopping, talking, singing, crying, leaving, carrying, skipping, floating, walking, stopping, laughing.ed: shouted, played, jumped, laughed, used, talked, walked, washed, called, worked, enjoyed, wanted, liked.es : hikes, bakes, jokes, lakes, games, names, likes, piles, tales, holes, homes, crashes, dishes, buzzes, marches.s : pets, stops, trips, runs, floats, yells, lands, walks, picks, cooks, jumps, plays, laughs, gets, dogs, shops, skips.dis: disable, disobey, disbelief, dislike, disappear, disagree, disloyal, discomfort, disservice, disrespect, disorder.re: rewind, redo, reread, remix, remove, rerun, replay, retell, retake, repack rewire, reset, repeat, rename, respray, reappear.un: unwind, undo, unable, unhappy, unlucky, unusual, untie, uncertain, untrue, unwell, unfinished, unbroken, unafraid, unreal.Record the number of words they read correctly for each category and use the following scoring guide:

Ask students to read the base word and then add the ending to the base word with a flash card to see if they can read the new word correctly. The list of words can include words with one or multiple inflectional endings. Ask students to read a list of words that focuses on specific inflectional endings.

Inflectional ending es