Plurals, Plurals Everywhere:

Have the students look through their reading book and try to find as many plurals as possible. When they find them, have them fill them into a table. See the below website for format of table.

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Title: Noun/Nouns

Bring several items with you to class. For example, a couple cookies, balls, pens, books, etc. Next hold one item up in class and ask the students what the item is. They should respond with a singular noun. Next hold two of the same item up. The students should respond by saying the plural version of the word. The students can they visually see how when the items become more than one, they need to add the plural ending to the base word.

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Title: Song to Teach Plurals

Idea: Visuals-Plurals

To help teach plurals to any age of elementary children, you can try to sing a song that teaches them the rules of the spelling of plurals. The song has sheet music to go along with the words on the website listed below. The words are:

Singular means one. (snap, snap)

Make a plural by adding "s".

But there's another rule we learn

To spell the rest.

Look at the end for the "x" or "s" or "s-h" or "c-h"

So we've heard

We need to add the suffix "e-s"

To the word.

And then the words like mouse and mice

And goose and geese, and man and men,

We change the rule to make the plural.

That's the rule my friend.

That is the whole song. Sing this song to the children after introducing plurals to the children. Then they will be able to sing the song with you. Show them a list of common words and their plurals in a chart format. Explain the difference in the spellings of these words. Then this website has a great game that the children can participate in by clicking on the correct plural for the words listed. Children love singing songs and most children love doing any sort of hands-on activity. Involve the children in any activity that consists of movement and visuals. This is just one example of how you could help teach young children about plurals visually.

Title: Tic Tac Plural

Idea: Break the class into teams and play tic tac toe using the chart below.

Plural Tic Tac Toe

life phenomenon foot

appendix axis shelf

octopus child millennium

Each team that spells the plural form of the word they choose correctly gets either an x or an o. Keep going until someone wins or all the words were spelled correctly in plural form.

Title: Plural Flashcards

Idea: Students will use the flashcards to familiarize themself with the correct plural form of the word represented on the flashcard. Eventually the teacher may eliminated the word and have the student write or spell the plural form.