1. Nouns

2. Turn and talk to your neighbor about what you notice about the words in each column.
Student
book
mountain
dog
cat
Students
Books
Mountains
Dogs
Cats
What did the author do to pluralize each of these words?
For most nouns, you just add an “s” to the end to make it plural.

3. Turn and talk to your neighbor about what you notice about the words in each column.
guess
box
branch
bush
buzz
guesses
boxes
branches
bushes
Buzzes
What did the author do to pluralize each of these words?
For nouns that end with a “ss,” “x,” “ch,” “sh,” or “zz” you just add an “es” to the end to make it plural.

4. Turn and talk to your neighbor about what you notice about the words in each column.
Boy
day
toys
boys
days
What did the author do to pluralize each of these words?
For nouns that end with a vowel and “y” you just add an “s” to the end to make it plural.

5. Turn and talk to your neighbor about what you notice about the words in each column.
country
body
puppy
countries
bodies
puppies
What did the author do to pluralize each of these words?
For nouns that end with a consonant and “y” you change the “y” to an “I” and add “es” to the end to make it plural.

6. I can pluralize regular nouns
Singular
Plural rule
Example
Most nouns
Student >
Nouns ending in s, x, ch, zz, or sh
Guess >
Box >
Branch >
Bush >
Nouns that end with a vowel and y
Toy >
Boy >
Nouns then end with a consonant and y
Country >
Body >
Add s
students
guesses
Add es
boxes
branches
bushes
toys
Add s
boys
countries
Change the y to an i and add es
bodies