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Learning inflectional endings like -s, -ed, and -ing helps first grade students recognize how words change form to show tense, number, or ongoing action. These endings are foundational to reading fluency and early grammar understanding. Whether adding -s to show more than one object, -ed to describe something that already happened, or -ing to show an action in progress, these word parts help students decode and comprehend text more effectively. This interactive lesson introduces students to inflectional endings in a fun and accessible way, building key literacy skills that support early reading and writing.
This 1st grade English Language Arts lesson presents inflectional endings through a kid-friendly educational game format. Students work through sentences and vocabulary examples, identifying and applying the correct word endings with real-time feedback and visual support. The lesson is ideal for online learning and can be used during independent classwork, homework, or literacy centers. Designed to align with elementary teaching strategies, this interactive skill practice helps students build confidence as they explore how suffixes affect word meaning and sentence structure.
To extend learning, teachers and parents can pair this lesson with writing prompts, mini word-building activities, or sorting games using base words and suffixes. Reading simple stories together and pointing out words that use -s, -ed, and -ing helps students reinforce the concept in context. As part of a full ELA curriculum for young learners, this interactive lesson gives first grade students the foundational grammar practice they need to become strong, confident readers and writers.
This interactive ELA lesson is categorized as Level A. It may be best suited for 1st grade students.
L.K.4B, L.1.4B
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (e.g., -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.
Suffixes (Level A)
Make learning fun by teaching your students about suffixes using this 1st grade ELA practice lesson!
Multiple Meaning Words (Level A)
Make learning fun by teaching your students about multiple meaning words using this 1st grade ELA practice lesson!
