Sounds of -ED Packet | Teach Suffixes with OG-Aligned Strategies

Description

Teach the three sounds of -ED with confidence using this step-by-step, Orton Gillingham–aligned packet. Students first learn to identify the three sounds of -ED (/t/, /d/, and /id/) before being introduced to -ED as a past tense suffix. This scaffolded approach builds a strong foundation in both phonology and grammar.

What’s Inside:

• Overview + Teaching Strategy: Learn how to introduce the sounds of -ED before connecting to past tense meaning

• 3×5 Card Activity: Cut-out exercise to visually reinforce sound sorting

• Auditory Sorting Cards: Students sort words by sound (/t/, /d/, /id/)

• Sound Sorting Worksheets: Beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels

• Suffix Identification Worksheet: Circle the -ED, label the sound, and count syllables

• Comprehensive Word Lists: Includes lists with suffix rule references

• Phrase & Sentence Worksheets: Practice reading and labeling suffixes in context

• Auditory Discrimination Task: /t/ and /d/ –ed suffix vs. final sound (non-suffix)

• Dictation Activity: Tutor reads words aloud; student determines if it’s a suffix or just a final sound

• 3 Fluency Stories + Comprehension Questions:

  • Beginner: Fished with Dad

  • Intermediate: Time Fished with Dad

  • Advanced: Time Fished with Dad (extended version)

This packet provides a full range of auditory, visual, and contextual activities to support emerging readers and reinforce OG-aligned instruction of suffixes and sounds.

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(All worksheets have answer sheets)

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