South Dakota ELA 5.RF.3.e

ELA5th GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

5.RF.3: Demonstrate mastery of grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.

Apply spelling patterns and rules to spell words accurately.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use spelling patterns to add endings to base words. They decide when to drop a final e, double a consonant, or change y to i.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student spells hope plus ing as hoping, hop plus ing as hopping, and carry plus ed as carried. They can explain each change using the base word.
Common Misconceptions: Students may write hopeing or hop ing because they apply one rule to every word. They may write carryed or change the y in carrying, where it should stay.
How to Assess It: Ask students to add ing to hope and hop, then add ed to carry. Have them write one reason for each spelling.

Lesson moves

Give pairs letter tiles for hope, hop, and carry, plus ing and ed cards, and have them build and record the new words.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining why hoping and hopping are spelled differently.
Play a suffix sort with word cards: students place hoping, hopping, and carried under labels for drop e, double consonant, and change y.
Have students write snack directions using chopped, baked, and stirring, then check each word against its base word.

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