Doubling Rule Worksheets, Posters & Slides · 1-1-1 Rule

Teach the doubling rule with a complete, colorful pack: classroom posters, a short slide lesson series and 27 full-color practice pages for first and second grade. Hop, hopping, hopped: students learn when to double the last letter before -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y, and when not to.

YOU GET BOTH VERSIONS
- Color edition: bright, color-coded practice pages
- Printer-Friendly edition: the same 27 pages in black and white
- Each edition has its own answer key

WHAT'S INSIDE
- 12 posters (6 designs, color + printer-friendly): the doubling rule, -ing, -ed, -er/-est/-y, when not to double and a do-I-double-it chart
- Lesson slides: 24 slides, 4 short lessons with I do / We do / You do, click-to-reveal answers and speaker notes (PowerPoint that opens in Google Slides, plus a PDF)
- 27 practice pages, one activity per page: sort double it or not, why not, picture spelling, read and circle, build the word, add -ing and -ed, word ladder, sentence fill-ins, spot the odd one, color by doubling, unscramble, matching and two short stories with questions
- Teacher guide: what's inside, a day-by-day plan and a page list
- Answer keys for both editions

WHY TEACHERS LIKE IT
- One activity per page with big, kid-friendly print
- The first item on every page is a worked example in solid ink, and its word is crossed out in the word bank
- Soft watercolor pictures, in full color and in grayscale for easy printing
- Fully independent pages: great for centers, small groups, homework and review

SKILLS COVERED
- The 1-1-1 rule: one syllable, one vowel, one consonant at the end doubles before a vowel ending
- Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y (hopping, hopped, bigger, sunny)
- Words that do not double: two vowels (rain), two consonants (jump), ends in w, x or y (snow, fix, play)
- Consonant endings never double (sadly)

WHO IT'S FOR
- 1st and 2nd grade classrooms, reading intervention and tutors
- Any structured literacy phonics program