Find Double Letter Words in a Short Story

Have your child say each word and listen for the short vowel before the double ending. Start with one list a day, then use the sort, sentences and story as review. Check with the answer key.

Circle words like doll, hill and dress that end in a double consonant in a story about Jill and Bess. A double consonant is one consonant written two times, like the ll in well. Short words with one vowel often end in ff, ll, ss or zz. The directions on the page read: Read the story. Circle every word that ends with a double consonant. Then, write 8 of the words you circled on the lines. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade spelling, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with double consonants. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

It is the same consonant written two times in a row, like ff in puff or ss in dress. In 1st grade, children learn that short words with one vowel often end in ff, ll, ss or zz.

The four lists hold ff words like off, huff and cliff, ll words like hill, doll and smell, ss words like boss, moss and class, and the zz words buzz, fizz, fuzz and jazz. Other pages mix all four endings in sentences, a word sort and a short story.

Your child traces and copies each word, then folds the page on the dashed line so the words are hidden and spells each one again. Unfold the page to check.

Yes. All 8 double consonants sheets have an answer key.