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APPLY IT NOW When students have completed their lists, have them change each singular noun into its plural form and each plural noun into its singular form. Have partners exchange lists to check for correct answers. Students should demonstrate an understanding of singular and plural nouns.
Note which students had trouble identifying singular and plural nouns. Assign Practice Book page 6 for further practice.
TEACHING OPTIONS
WRITING CONNECTION
Use pages 216–217 of the Writing portion of the book.
Students should identify the following plural nouns: masses, things, friends, sweets, chocolates, Tales, Legends.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
journey airplane lunch ray machine
Students may have difficulty forming some plurals, especially nouns ending in -y after a consonant. Write on large cards the singular form of troublesome nouns (puppy, story), the letters ies, and a large X. Have a volunteer hold a card with the singular noun. Say the word aloud. Then have a volunteer cover the -y with the X. Tell a volunteer to hold the card with the letters ies next to the first volunteer. Say aloud the plural form of the noun. Repeat with as many nouns as time permits.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
loss penny thief chimney gulf
fox berry sky knife family
EXERCISE 2 Find the nouns in each sentence. The number of nouns is shown in parentheses. Tell whether each noun is singular or plural.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Sally Ride first wanted to be a tennis player but later studied science. (3)
Meeting Individual Needs
Ride heard that NASA was looking for astronauts. (3) Her studies included jumps with parachutes. (3)
Challenge Have students write a paragraph using only singular nouns. Then ask partners to exchange paragraphs and change singular nouns to plural. Point out that other words in the sentences may have to be changed when replacing singular nouns with plural nouns. You may wish to use a sentence like the one below to model the process for students.
Ride was the first U.S. woman to orbit Earth. (3) Ride went on two flights and worked for NASA for nine years. (4) Since her trips, Ride has written books about science for students. (5)
EXERCISE 3 Complete each sentence with the plural of the nouns in parentheses.
1. Sally Ride went on two space
(flight), spending a
(day) in space.
total of 14
2. Her
(duty) included helping during (experiment). (launch) and conducting
3. On one mission the butter,
(astronaut) took peanut (loaf) of bread, and (candy).
4. Sally is one of the
Write on the board singular nouns that correspond to each rule covered in the text, such as toy, book, fox, pass, fuzz, peach, wish, berry, chimney, loaf, and half. Have volunteers write on the board the plural form and explain each rule they used to form that plural. Ask students to add other words whose plurals are formed using the same rule.
English-Language Learners
EXERCISE 1 Write the plural of each noun.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Reteach
(advocate) of science
The boy and his dog ran to see the girl and her cat.
education.
5. Young women had fewer
(opportunity) in science
when Ride was growing up.
6. One of her
(project) lets middle-school (class) shoot photos of Earth from space.
The boys and their dogs ran to see the girls and their cats.
Sally Ride
7. Her
(hope) are for (astronaut) to go to even more (place) in space and to have more (responsibility).
APPLY IT NOW Choose one paragraph from a newspaper article. List each noun. Write S if the noun is
Identify the plural nouns in the last paragraph of page 214 excerpt.
Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA.L.5.1 CCSS.ELA.L.5.2e
singular or P if it is plural. Nouns
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