We have started hitting on -ed and -ing in tutoring. To start out, we watched this little song on youtube found here. Next, I really liked this sort I found on this website. We discussed the rule and used the little anchor chart for support. As I handed him each word, he would look at the ending to determine (1) Silent e? (2) Just one? or (3) Already 2?
(1) If ended in a silent e, he would add it to the "Drop the e" category
(2) If it ended in just one consonant, he would add it to the "Double the consonant" category
(3) And if it ended with two consonants already, then he added it to the "Just add ed/ing" category.
This worked as a quick sort and review for us. We actually only did about half of the words and plan to start the next session with the other half for review.
(1) If ended in a silent e, he would add it to the "Drop the e" category
(2) If it ended in just one consonant, he would add it to the "Double the consonant" category
(3) And if it ended with two consonants already, then he added it to the "Just add ed/ing" category.
This worked as a quick sort and review for us. We actually only did about half of the words and plan to start the next session with the other half for review.
Once he had the sorting down pretty well, I had him write the new word using the rule.