Plural nouns: K to 2nd reading & writing
Plural nouns: adding s or es, and plurals that change the word. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: plural nouns: adding s or es, and plurals that change the word.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about plural nouns?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: plural nouns.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: Flashcards: Odd plurals (https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-plurals-irregular)
- Play: Plural words (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-plurals)
- Play: Odd plurals (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-irregular-plurals)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about plural nouns, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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