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Plural Power: -S and -ES

Suffixes: -S, -ES, -ED, -ING

Day 96of 180
Week 20of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how to add -s and -es to make words plural

2

Practice spelling words with -s and -es suffixes

3

Recognize patterns in pluralization

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:21

“God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:21 (WEB)

God created many different creatures, showing us how words can change to show multiple things

📦 Materials Needed

  • Suffix cards
  • Word building tiles
  • Small whiteboard
  • Dry erase marker
  • Picture cards of singular and plural objects
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and explain we'll learn how to make one thing into many things using special word endings

💭 Review Question: Can you tell me what happens when we want to talk about more than one thing?
2Teaching (10 min)

Demonstrate adding -s and -es to words to make them plural

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Most words just need -s (cat/cats, dog/dogs)
  • Some words need -es (box/boxes, church/churches)
  • Words ending in s, x, z, ch, sh get -es
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What happens if we want to talk about more than one cat?
  • How do we make 'box' into more than one box?
3Activity: Plural Creature Match (7 min)
hands-on

Create plural animal names using suffix cards

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a picture card
  2. Say the animal name
  3. Add correct suffix to make it plural
  4. Write the plural word
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use only -s words

Challenge: Include tricky plural words like mouse/mice

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about making words plural

📝 Review Questions:
  • What do we add to make most words plural?
  • When do we use -es instead of -s?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank you God for creating so many wonderful things in your world!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about adding -ed to words

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 104:24

“Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.”

— Psalm 104:24 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Count the words and make them plural

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Learning plural forms helps children understand language structure

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice at home by making things plural
  • Use everyday objects to demonstrate
  • Make it fun and playful
🤔 Common Struggles:

Remembering when to use -s vs -es

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child correctly adding suffixes to make words plural

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a plural scavenger hunt at home
  • Draw pictures of animals in singular and plural forms
  • Play 'Plural Guess' game with family

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