Regular and Irregular Plurals

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Regular and Irregular Plurals

• State Content Standard
• WA 1.5 Identify and correctly use regular
  plurals and irregular plurals.

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Learning Objective

• Today we will write and use and
  
• plurals.

regular
irregular
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Activate Prior Knowledge

• Vowels
• Consonants All the other letters of the alphabet

e
i
o
u
a
b
c
d
f
g
h
j
k
l
m
n
p
q
r
s
t
v
w
x
y
z
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Concept Development

• Today we will be working with words that end
  with a y to write them in their plural form.
• Ex. lady boy daisy
• There will be two types of plural forms. Some
  will be regular plurals and others will be
  irregular plurals.

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• A regular plural is a word that you add an s
  to at the end.
• When words end in a
• we add s at the end to make it plural.
• Ex. t s toys

vowel and a y,
oy
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Non - examples

• book s books
• car s cars

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Checking for Understanding

• TPS Why did I just add an s to tray to make it
  plural?
• tray s trays

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• Irregular plurals are words that are not
  typical, usual, or common because they change
  spelling when talking about more than one.
• When words end in a
• we drop the y and add ies to make the word
  plural.
• Ex. strawber ies strawberries

consonant and a y
ry
/
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Non - examples

• book s books
• car s cars

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Checking for Understanding

• TPS Why did I cross out the y and add ies to
  make it plural?
• puppy ies puppies

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Importance

• Why are we learning about regular and irregular
  plurals?
• To be able to write a plural correctly.

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Skill Development

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• pen
• penny

ny
ies
pennies
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• ber
• berry

ry
ies
berries
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• k
• key

ey
keys
s
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• monk
• monkey

ey
monkeys
s
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Closure

• What do you do if a word ends with a consonant
  and a y?
• Drop the y and add ies.
• Why is it important to learn regular and
  irregular plurals?
• To learn to write a plural correctly.

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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

by
ba baby
babies
ies
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• s
• sky

ky
skies
ies
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• d
• day

ay
s
days
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• f
• fly

ly
ies
flies
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• la
• lady

dy
ies
ladies
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• dai
• daisy

sy
ies
daisies
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Make the word plural.

1. Look at the word.
2. Underline the last two letters.
3. Ask yourself vowel y ? s
4. Ask yourself consonant y ? ies

• count
• country

ry
countries
ies