1. Plural Nouns
Caitlin Brantley

2. Content Area – English
Grade Level – Kindergarten
Summary – The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to teach students how to form regular plural nouns.
Learning Objective – The student will be able to orally form regular nouns with 100% accuracy.
Content Standard – 1.c. Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/.
Accomplishment – 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

3. What is a noun? It is a person, place, or thing.
Nouns
What is a noun? It is a person, place, or thing.

4. Plural
When something is plural it means there are more than one. There are multiples.
Singular Plural
Book Books

5. How to make a word plural
To make a word plural add the letter “S:” to the end of the word.
If we want to talk about more than one book we need to add “s”...
Book + S = Books
Now you have more than one book!

6. Plural Nouns Singular Car Dog Dolphin Chair Block Cat
Plural Cars Dogs Dolphins Chairs Blocks Cats

7. Now let’s play a game!
The Plural Girls Twin sisters Pearl and Flora lost their friends in the bubble machine. Help them get their friends out by choosing the correct plural form of the given word.

8. Plural Nouns with “ES”
Some plural nouns need more than just an “s”. If a noun ends in CH, SH, S or X we need to add “ES” to make the word plural. If we want to talk about more than one box we need to add “ES”... Box Boxes

9. Plural Nouns with “ES” Singular Fox Dish Peach Lunch Bus Dress
Plural Foxes Dishes Peaches Lunches Buses Dresses
Another game for practice!

10. Add “S” or “ES” Singular Cow Arch Pillow Cross Shirt Bench
Plural Cow__ Arch__ Pillow__ Cross__ Shirt__ Bench__ S S S ES ES ES
Directions: Move either “S” or “ES” to the correct noun to make it plural.

11. Now, On your sheet of paper...
Write down the plural forms of these words:
Dog
Cat
Bush
School
Church
Farm
Hat
Shoe
For 3 minutes you will work on your own.
Then, you will Work with your neighbor.

12. Lastly... singular Plural Nouns nouns nouns
Get with your neighbor once again and click here.
For this assignment work together to fill in the blank with the correct form of the plural noun.
When finished, let the teacher know so she can come view your work.
Nouns nouns nouns

13. Now Let’s review! Today we reviewed what a noun is. Then we learned
what plural means
How to make a regular noun plural using S and ES
We also completed 4 interactive activities
We now know how to make plural nouns!