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- ared &
-aring: double vs. single consonant
Words like "staring" and "starring" are
often confused. For some students the difference is intuitively
obvious. For others, it's not. For some, the difference between
"baked" and "backed" is obvious - but not
so between "stared" and "started."
Start with something that the student understands -- that "cave"
is a vowel-consonant-e combination -- and build on that understanding.
Let the student discover and explain to you how "stared"
is like "staked." One student described it with a
highlighter, saying, "You have to look at stared like stare
- d, and started, like star - ted."
Encourage students to use highlighters to help them see the
patterns in words.
The second set of words includes consonant-l-e and r-controlled
syllables, so don't use it until these syllable patterns have
been learned.
| cave |
care |
caved |
cared |
| bake |
bare |
baked |
bared |
| shave |
share |
shaved |
shared |
| scale |
scare |
scaled |
scared |
| cube |
cure |
cubed |
cured |
| fine |
fire |
fined |
fired |
| tile |
tire |
tiled |
tired |
| mine |
mire |
mined |
mired |
| spine |
spire |
spined |
spired |
| stake |
stare |
staked |
stared |
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dare |
|
dared |
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hire |
|
hired |
| |
require |
|
required |
| |
inspire |
|
inspired |
| |
compare |
|
compared |
| moped |
mopped |
| voted |
potted |
| baked |
backed |
| stared |
starred |
| pared |
parted |
| stared |
started |
| cared |
carted |
| bared |
barred |
| cared |
cards |
| shared |
shards |
| dared |
darted |
| glared |
gargled |
| spared |
sparred |
| prepared |
departed |
| compared |
compartment |
| fire |
first |
| inspire |
thirsty |
| require |
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| conspire |
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| admire |
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| retire |
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| perspire |
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