Learning Objective
We will form1 and use irregular plural nouns.
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What are we going to do?
What does form mean?
Form means __________.
Activate Prior Knowledge
Regular plural nouns name more than
one person, place, or thing.
Circle the regular plural nouns in the
sentence.
1. There are many trees in the forest.
2. There are many books in the library.
Make Connection
Students, when we describe
more than one object or place,
we add the letter -s to tell that
there is more than one. This is
an example of a regular plural.
For some words, we can’t
always add an –s to show there
is more than one. These words
are called irregular plural
nouns. Now, we will form and
use irregular plural nouns.
Vocabulary
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural
nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Concept Development
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but
do not follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
• Sometimes the irregular plural noun is spelled the same as the singular noun.
• Sometimes the irregular plural noun is spelled differently than the singular noun.
-an to -en
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Irregular plural nouns
Singular
man
Plural
men
women
one woman
three women
baby
babies
one baby
two babies
story
stories
one story
three stories
-f to -ves
half
halves
one half
two halves
-fe to -ves
life
lives
one life
two lives
fish
fish
one fish
two fish
deer
deer
one deer
many deer
no change
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A ladys
B ladies
two men
woman
-y to -ies
Which is the correct way to
write the irregular plural form
of lady?
Example
one man
Which is the correct way to
write the irregular plural form
of woman?
A women
B womans
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Spelling
Pattern
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Skill Dev 1
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Skill Dev 2
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Skill Dev 3
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Skill Dev 4
CFU 3
Which is the correct way to
write the irregular plural form
of leaf?
A leafs
B leaves
CFU 4
Which is the correct way to
write the irregular plural form
of deer?
A deers
B deer
In your own words, what do
irregular plural nouns name?
Irregular plural nouns name
______.
CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Skill Development/Guided Practice 1
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
-y to -ies
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
no change
Singular
man
woman
baby
story
half
life
fish
deer
Irregular plural nouns
Plural
men
one man
women
one woman
babies
one baby
stories
one story
halves
one half
lives
one life
fish
one fish
deer
one deer
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2 How did I/you identify which
irregular plural rule to use?
3 How did I/you know which
irregular plural noun to
write?
Example
two men
three women
two babies
three stories
two halves
two lives
two fish
many deer
men
1. A man works with many other ____________.
women
2. One woman waited for several other _____________.
women
3. The woman went shopping with many other ____________.
men
4. The man was going bowling with the group of __________.
Back to
Concept Dev
Write a sentence using the irregular plural nouns of the word given.
There were a lot of women at the park.
T (women): _____________________________________________________
S (men): ______________________________________________________
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Skill Development/Guided Practice 2
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
-y to -ies
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
no change
Singular
man
woman
baby
story
half
life
fish
deer
Irregular plural nouns
Plural
men
one man
women
one woman
babies
one baby
stories
one story
halves
one half
lives
one life
fish
one fish
deer
one deer
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2 How did I/you identify which
irregular plural rule to use?
3 How did I/you know which
irregular plural noun to
write?
Example
two men
three women
two babies
three stories
two halves
two lives
two fish
many deer
babies
1. The man carried one baby. I carried two ___________.
stories
2. Jerry read one story to his sister, but she wanted to hear two ________________.
ladies
3. One lady was having lunch with a group of _____________.
babies
4. We took the baby to play with a group of _____________.
Back to
Concept Dev
Write a sentence using the irregular plural nouns of the word given.
Those ladies had to leave.
T (ladies): _____________________________________________________
S (stories): ______________________________________________________
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Skill Development/Guided Practice 3
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
CFU
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
-y to -ies
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
no change
Singular
man
woman
baby
story
half
life
fish
deer
Irregular plural nouns
Plural
men
one man
women
one woman
babies
one baby
stories
one story
halves
one half
lives
one life
fish
one fish
deer
one deer
1. Dana had a half of an apple and Larry had two _________________.
halves
2 How did I/you identify which
irregular plural rule to use?
3 How did I/you know which
irregular plural noun to
write?
Example
two men
three women
two babies
three stories
two halves
two lives
two fish
many deer
leaves
2. A leaf fell off the tree and landed on the pile of ________________.
3. My life is different from the ____________
lives
of President Obama’s daughters.
leaves
4. I have one more leaf to add to all the _____________
in my collection.
Back to
Concept Dev
Write a sentence using the irregular plural noun of the word given.
We cut the pears into halves.
T (halves): _____________________________________________________
S (leaves): ______________________________________________________
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Skill Development/Guided Practice 4
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
CFU
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
-y to -ies
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
no change
Singular
man
woman
baby
story
half
life
fish
deer
Irregular plural nouns
Plural
men
one man
women
one woman
babies
one baby
stories
one story
halves
one half
lives
one life
fish
one fish
deer
one deer
2 How did I/you identify which
irregular plural rule to use?
3 How did I/you know which
irregular plural noun to
write?
Example
two men
three women
two babies
three stories
two halves
two lives
two fish
many deer
fish
1. The fish swims with the other _________________.
deer
2. The baby deer ran around the lake with the family of ________________.
sheep
3. Farmer John has one sheep. We have many _______________.
fish
4. The little fish swam behind the group of_____________.
Write a sentence using the irregular plural noun of the word given.
We saw deer along the road.
T (deer): _____________________________________________________
S (fish): ______________________________________________________
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Relevance
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
1 Forming and using irregular plural nouns will help you spell
certain words that do not follow the regular plural rules.
He has two mouses.
He has two mice.
mouse
mice
2 Forming and using irregular plural nouns will help you do well on tests.
Sample Test Question:
52. What is the correct way to write the
word that means “more than one fish”?
A
B
C
D
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fishies
fishs
fishes
fish
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Does anyone else have another
reason why it is relevant to
form and use irregular plural
nouns? (Pair-Share) Why is it
relevant to form and use
irregular plural nouns? You
may give me one of my
reasons or one of your own.
Which reason is more relevant
to you? Why?
CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
Skill Closure
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
Irregular plural nouns
Singular
Plural
Example
man
men
one man
two men
woman
women
one woman
three women
-y to -ies
baby
story
babies
stories
one baby
one story
two babies
three stories
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
half
life
halves
lives
one half
one life
two halves
two lives
no change
fish
deer
fish
deer
one fish
one deer
two fish
many deer
1.
The man was swimming away from the group of ____________.
men
2.
babies
One baby crawled away from the other ____________.
Constructed Response Closure
Sue wrote her own sentence.
“My mom read two storys to me.” Explain why her sentence was incorrect.
Summary Closure
Word Bank
noun
plural
irregular
rules
Stories is not formed correctly as a plural.
What did you learn today about forming and using irregular plural nouns?
(Pair-Share) Use words from the word bank.
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Independent Practice
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
-y to -ies
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
no change
Singular
man
woman
baby
story
half
life
fish
deer
Irregular plural nouns
Plural
men
one man
women
one woman
babies
one baby
stories
one story
halves
one half
lives
one life
fish
one fish
deer
one deer
Example
two men
three women
two babies
three stories
two halves
two lives
two fish
many deer
women
1. This woman is taller than all the other _______________.
men
2. He heard the man yell at all the other _______________.
stories
3. This one story is shorter than those two _______________.
bunnies
4. The one bunny joined all of the other _________________.
Write a sentence using the irregular plural noun of the word given.
The men were playing basketball.
T (men): _____________________________________________________
S (babies): ______________________________________________________
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Independent Practice (continued)
Irregular plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing but do not
follow the rules for regular plural nouns.
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
1 Read the sentence, looking at the underlined noun.
2 Identify the irregular plural rule. Hint: Look at the table.
3 Form the irregular plural noun and write it in the space.
4 Read the sentence(s) one more time.
Spelling Pattern
-an to -en
-y to -ies
-f to -ves
-fe to -ves
no change
Singular
man
woman
baby
story
half
life
fish
deer
Irregular plural nouns
Plural
men
one man
women
one woman
babies
one baby
stories
one story
halves
one half
lives
one life
fish
one fish
deer
one deer
Example
two men
three women
two babies
three stories
two halves
two lives
two fish
many deer
leaves
5. I will add this leaf to my collection of _______________.
6. My half is bigger than his two _______________.
halves
fish
7. My one new fish is in the tank with the rest of my _______________.
sheep
8. One sheep was chosen from the flock1 of _______________.
Write a sentence using the irregular plural noun of the word given.
The deer ran through the forest.
T (deer): _____________________________________________________
S (halves): ______________________________________________________
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Vocabulary
1
group of sheep
CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Periodic Review 1
women
1. The woman will go outside with the other _______________.
babies
2. They saw the baby crawl away from the other _______________.
fish
3. James caught one fish but I caught two _______________.
halves
4. Elise had one half of a peach left, but Juan still had both _________________.
Access Common Core
Which of the following sentences correctly uses plural nouns?
Alexis has one halves of her homework done.
Yes
x No
Those women did not look before crossing the street!
x Yes
No
There were many fish swimming upstream.
x Yes
No
Yes
x No
Those babys were crying loudly.
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Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Periodic Review 2
men
1. That man wants to get there before the other _______________.
stories
2. I had read one story but I wanted to hear many more _______________.
3. In the game, each green mushroom is worth one life and now I have three
lives
_______________.
4. The deer left our yard to join the other _________________.
deer
Access Common Core
Enoch wrote the following sentences. Correct any mistakes he made when
writing irregular plural nouns.
men
babies
stories
deer
fish
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Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Periodic Review 3
fish
1. This fish is much heavier than those other _______________.
babies
2. This baby is much louder than those two _______________.
Access Common Core
Write six sentences below using irregular plural nouns.
Five men play on the basketball team.
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Word Bank
men
women
babies
stories
halves
lives
fish
deer
CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
EDI – Cognitive, Teaching, and English Learner Strategies
Learning Objective: We will form and use irregular plural nouns.
Cognitive Strategies
Elaboration
Teaching Strategies
Demonstration
Language Strategies
Academic
Targeted
Vocabulary
form
Content
Support
flock
Multiple-Meaning
Synonym
Vocabulary
Strategy
Definition
form, flock
Homophone
Internal Context Clue
Listen, Speak
Similar Sounds
Read
Tracked Reading
Write
Writing
Content Access Strategies
Comprehensible
Input
Cognates
Graphic Organizer
Contextual Clues
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Contextualized
Definitions
Pictures
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Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
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CCSS 2nd Grade Language 1.0b
Form and use irregular plural nouns.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.