111 Doubling Rule- Multisensory Monday

Posted by Brainspring on 1st Feb 2016

Hi everyone,

Welcome to Multisensory Monday Sarah’s Spelling School! Today we tackle a difficult rule about doubling consonants when adding a suffix.

Please share ways you explain this to students and ideas for more practice!

111 Doubling Rule Word and Suffix Cards

111 Doubling Rule

If the base word

  1. Is 1 syllable
  2. Has 1 short vowel sound
  3. Has 1 consonant after the vowel

Then double the consonant when adding a vowel suffix.

badder, wetter, running, snapped, betting, flipped

111 Doubling Rule Word and Suffix Cards

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