[bright music] My name is Anna.

What's your name?

- Jada.

- Jada, and Jada, how old are you?

- You know how old.

- They don't know how old you are though!

How old are you?

- Four!

- Four years old, okay.

So, today we're gonna be learning about a new sound.

But before we do that, Jada is here to help me with a blending words activity.

Okay, I'm gonna explain it to you first.

I'm going to say two words, and then I want you to blend them together.

So for example, if I said base, ball, you would say baseball.

- Baseball.

- Oh, good job!

[laughs] Let's practice one word together, okay?

If I said air, plane, you would say- - Airplane.

- Ooh, airplane!

Okay.

You ready to try some with us?

You ready for some more?

- Easy.

- Easy, okay, here we go.

Ready?

- Yeah.

- Door, bell.

- Doorbell.

- Awesome.

News, paper.

- Newspaper.

- Pony, tail.

- Ponytail.

- Ooh.

Chalk, board.

- Chalkboard.

- All right, let's do one more.

You are doing awesome.

Ready?

Sun, flower.

- Sunflower.

- Good job, Jada.

And good job to you, too.

Okay, friends, let's work on our spelling pattern slash sound for today.

Okay, we're gonna be working with the sounds of E-D. Now, E-D can represent three different sounds.

Sometimes it's going to make what we call the id sound.

Sometimes it's going to make the t sound.

And then other times, it's just gonna kind of sound like d, okay?

So these are three different ways you can pronounce E-D when you see it at the end of a word.

Now, today, it's gonna be a little different though.

We're not just gonna be focusing on that sound, but also when we spell words with this E-D sound, it changes.

I know, this is a little weird.

Okay, follow along with me.

If I had the word, like, walk, right?

Like, I walked to the store.

Well, yesterday, if I walked to the store, all I have to do is add E-D to the end, right?

Well, now, here's something different.

If our word has a short vowel sound, then we have to do something called double.

Ooh, we have to double something?

So double means two of something.

Okay.

Let's first go over our short vowel sounds.

Let me get rid of some of this right here.

All right.

What is our short sound of A?

A, like apple.

What about our short sound of E?

Eh, like Ed.

What's our short sound for I?

I, like itch.

How about our short sound for O?

O, like octopus.

And how about our short sound for U?

Uh, like up.

Okay.

Now, what's gonna happen is if we had a word like trip.

Right?

Like, be careful not to trip down the stairs.

Well, if we actually tripped, ooh, I don't want that to happen, notice how my I is representing its short sound, i.

So, when I go to write the word tripped, I'm going to write T-R-I-P, so I'm gonna start with my base word.

Then I'm going to double that final consonant.

That means I actually need two Ps, and then I'm gonna add my E-D.

So, trip becomes tripped.

And then notice that E-D is making that d sound, tripped.

Okay, so see, we doubled our P before we added the E-D because of the short vowel.

All right, let's try another one.

Ready?

Okay, how about if I have the word stop?

Do I have a short vowel there?

Yeah.

My O, it's giving its oh sound, its short sound.

So, to write the word stop and to stopped, I'm gonna start with my base word, so, S-T-O-P, and then I'm going to double that final consonant.

So the final consonant is P, so I need a second P, before I add my suffix, E-D.

So, stop becomes stopped.

Okay, but we don't say stop-ped, right?

Stopped.

All right, let's try another one.

What about the word...

I like this word.

Brag.

Like, I know my daughters like to brag about how good they are at dancing, right?

What do you like to brag about?

How good you are reading, at math, soccer, football, basketball?

Love it.

All right, so, if I had the word brag, and I wanna say bragged, right?

He bragged about how good he was at sports.

Well, let's look back.

We have our A.

Is our A representing its short sound?

Brag, bra-ah-ah.

It is.

It is saying its short sound.

So in order to turn brag into bragged, I'm gonna start with my base word again.

And then what do I need to do?

That's right, I'm gonna double the ending consonant, that final consonant, which is a G, so I need a second G, before I add my E-D.

So, brag becomes bragged.

Okay, let's try one more together.

Ready?

How about, ooh, something I love to do, I love to shop, especially for books.

All right, so, what do I do for shop if I wanna turn shop into shopped?

So, right, first take note of the vowel.

Is O representing its short sound?

Shop.

Thumbs up, thumbs down.

That's right, it is representing its short sound.

So then what do I need to do to turn shop into shopped?

So, right, I'm gonna start with my base word.

That's right, I need to double the final consonant.

And in this case, I'm gonna double the P before I add my E-D.

So, shop becomes shopped.

Okay, I have a little challenge for you.

See if you can figure out which words you would need to double the consonant for, and which ones would just stay the same.

Good luck!

Remember, when adding E-D, you double the consonant when the vowel is representing its short sound.

If the word needs to have the consonant doubled, give a thumbs up.

If the word does not need the consonant doubled, give a thumbs down.

Hop, hopped.

Yes!

Slip, slipped.

Yes!

You try the last two on your own.

[no audio] Superb.

You were unstoppable at that last activity.

Great job!

So remember, when working with words that have the short vowel sound and end in one consonant, oftentimes, when you wanna add that E-D suffix, you're gonna have to double the final consonant first.

Try practicing this some more on paper, or just kind of writing it places.

Just ask a trusted adult for permission first before you start writing all over things.

[chuckles] Well, until next time.

Bye!