Scott Foresman Reading Street

Connect to Phonics Add -s to most words: plants. Add -es to words that end in ch, sh, or ss: inches. Change y to i and add es to most words that end with y: pennies. Creating plurals sometimes causes the spelling of a word to change. A plural can end in either the /s/ or /z/ sound.

Spell plurals by adding
-s or -es to most words.

*Word from the selection


1.	pennies	9.	lists
2.	inches	10.	copies
3.	plants	11.	parties
4.	families	12.	bunches
5.	bodies	13.	crashes
6.	glasses	14.	supplies
7.	wishes*	15.	pencils
8.	pockets


16.	accidents	19.	carpenters
17.	libraries	20.	merchants
18.	mysteries

Spelling/Phonics Support See the ELL and Transition Handbook for spelling support.

Pretest and Sort

Think and Practice

Connect to Writing

Review

Posttest

PRETEST

Use the Dictation Sentences from Day 5 to administer the pretest. Read the word, read the sentence, and then read the word again. Guide students in self-correcting their pretests and correcting any misspellings.

then… use words 1–20
for Advanced Learners.

If… students correctly spell all pretest words,

then… use words 1–15
for On-Level practice.

If… students misspell 1–4 pretest words,

then… use words 1–8
for Strategic Intervention.

If… students misspell more than 4 pretest words,

Spelling

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 5.

Spelling Practice Book p. 5

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TEACH

To create plurals for most words,
only the letter s needs to be added. However, if a word ends in ch,
sh, or ss, the letters es must be
added to create the plural. For
words that end in y, that final y
must be changed to i before
adding es. Write plant plants, inch inches, and penny pennies on
the board. Ask students to point
out the difference between the singular form and the plural form
in each pair.

FIND THE PATTERN Ask students
to identify the singular form of each
plural spelling word. Have them
group words with the s ending
together, the es ending together,
and the ies ending together.

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice
Book, p. 6.

Spelling Practice Book p. 6

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Spelling & Phonics Plurals -s, -es

WORD PROBLEMS

Ask students to create word problems using math concepts to create plural words. For example, "One penny plus two pennies equals three pennies."

Students sometimes have
trouble spelling these words
that end in s. Alert students
to these frequently misspelled
words.

friends	presents
is

Frequently Misspelled
Words

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 7.

Spelling Practice Book p. 7

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REVIEW PLURALS -s, -es

Have each student create a matching game. Tell students to write the plural spelling words on the left side of the paper. Then tell students to write the singular form of each word in a different order on the right side of the paper. Then have students exchange lists with a partner to match up the singular and plural forms of the words.

Spelling Strategy
Problem Endings

The last letter of a singular word determines how the plural of the word is formed. Have students pay attention to the last letter of singular words to help spell plurals correctly.

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 8.

Spelling Practice Book p. 8

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DICTATION SENTENCES

I have five pennies in my pocket.
A ruler can be six inches long.
My mom likes to grow plants.
Families can be big or small.
Lakes are bodies of water.
Lisa wears glasses.
The boy made three wishes.
John's pants don't have pockets.
He wrote the spelling words in two lists.
My teacher made copies of the homework.
Joe likes to go to parties.
Please get three bunches of flowers.
This street has many car crashes.
Where can we buy school supplies?
I need five pencils.

CHALLENGE

Be careful so there aren't any accidents.
You can find good books at libraries.
My favorite books are mysteries.
We need carpenters to fix the roof.
The merchants have many shops downtown.