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1 Let's look together
An ending can change a word. Jump can become jumping or jumped. In these words we keep jump and add the ending.
Read the base word first. Then read the ending. Join them and talk about what the new word means.
jump + ing → jumpinghelp + er → helperquick + est → quickest
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I read help, then er: helper. A helper is someone who helps. The base word did not change.
3 Your turn
Add ing to look. What new word do you make?
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Let's check together
Looking. Keep look and add ing.
4 Try it away from the page
With an adult, build helped, helping, helper, quicker and quickest. Use each in a sentence.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Year 1 focus: endings where the root does not change. Model the different sounds of -ed. Do not introduce doubling/drop-e/change-y rules as prerequisites here.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Read longer words and familiar word endings.
Practise Year 1 spelling patterns, prefixes and endings.