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Here is how my students mark words during our word study block.  We begin by boxing in all glued sounds such as: am, an, all, ing, ink, unk… Next we circle the suffix “s”. We only learn the “s” suffix in first grade. Students understand that there is a base-word and the suffix is attached at the end. They also understand that the suffix “s” sounds like zzzzz sometimes like in “pens”. We practice this for about 3 weeks. We use suffix words in sentences too. We continue to build upon this and never leave it in the dark to move on to something else. 

Here is how my students mark words during our word study block.  We begin by boxing in all glued sounds such as: am, an, all, ing, ink, unk… Next we circle the suffix “s”. We only learn the “s” suffix in first grade. Students understand that there is a base-word and the suffix is attached at the end. They also understand that the suffix “s” sounds like zzzzz sometimes like in “pens”. We practice this for about 3 weeks. We use suffix words in sentences too. We continue to build upon this and never leave it in the dark to move on to something else. 

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