Music, Musician: When a Suffix Changes the Sound
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Music, Musician: When a Suffix Changes the Sound
Sound changes when a suffix is added: build musician and selection, choose the right spelling of electrician and invention, name the sound c makes in musician and electricity, and explain why the base word keeps its spelling. With an answer key.
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When t and c Say shA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Spell multisyllable words, words whose sound changes when a suffix is added (select and selection, music and musician), and words built from prefixes and suffixes.
Reviewed by Ms. Rachel Wilson, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Talk about the rule or the word part first, and have the child find it in each word on the list.
- In look, say, cover, write, check, have the child really cover the word, and check each letter after writing.
- For words with endings, have the child say the rule aloud before adding each ending.
Common mistakes
- Doubling the consonant when the vowel is long, as in "hopping" for hoping. Double only after a short vowel.
- Keeping the silent e before -ing, as in "makeing". Drop the e before an ending that starts with a vowel.
- Mixing up -tion and -sion, or -ance and -ence. Learn the words in groups by their ending.
