When do you change Y to I? These Y + inflected endings spelling games help students learn when to change Y to I before adding -ES or -ED (cries and fried), when to keep the Y (plays and stayed), and why -ING never needs a change (crying and spying), in a guessing game and a word building activity.
The games are aligned to Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (3rd Edition), Unit 1, Sort 9, but they work alongside any word study program. They're designed for students at the beginning of the Syllables and Affixes stage who have a solid understanding of vowel patterns in single-syllable words and are ready to learn the rules for adding inflected endings.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Guess My Word (Partner Game)
Each player secretly chooses a word on their board. Partners take turns asking questions about vowel patterns, base words, and spelling changes to narrow down the answer and guess the secret word first.
- Teacher directions
- 3 Guess My Word boards (1 make your own)
- Student-friendly directions
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
Layer On! (Independent Activity)
Played much like a popular letter tile game, students spin an inflected ending or spelling change and match it to a base word card. They write or build the new word and add it to a growing word tower, layering on as many words as they can.
- Teacher directions
- Gridded mat for word building
- Base word cards
- Spinner with student-friendly directions
- Letter tiles for building words
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
ALSO INCLUDED
- Black and white and color versions of everything
- Word list of all included words
- Answer keys for both activities
HOW THIS RESOURCE HELPS YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS
- Gives students two engaging ways to practice the same Y + inflected ending rules
- Works for partner centers, small groups, early finishers, and independent practice
- Recording sheets build in accountability and quick assessment
- Uses the same game formats as the rest of Unit 1, so students don't have to learn new rules each week
- Guess My Word questions get students talking about base words and spelling changes
- Ready to print and use with no extra prep beyond cutting cards
Want every game in this unit? This game set is included in the Inflectional Endings Unit 1 Syllables Affixes Games Bundle | Adding ING ED S ES, so you can get all of the Unit 1 games together and save.
ABOUT THE SYLLABLES AND AFFIXES STAGE
This stage is where students move from studying single-syllable words to examining what happens where syllables meet. Students at this level are secure with vowel patterns in one-syllable words and are ready to study inflected endings, syllable juncture and division, open and closed syllables, accented and unaccented syllables, and the first prefixes and suffixes. Instruction focuses on the spelling changes that happen when endings are added and on where to divide a longer word. By analyzing multisyllabic words, students strengthen spelling while preparing for the meaning-based word study ahead.
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