Georgia 1.L.GC.1.14
The Standard
Grammar: Form plural nouns by changing -y to -ies. (Introduce)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make more-than-one forms of nouns such as baby, puppy, and story. They replace a final y after a consonant with ies and use the new word in speech or writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student correctly writes babies, puppies, and stories when more than one is meant. The student removes the final y, adds ies, and reads the new word correctly.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may write babys or babyies instead of babies. They may also change words with a vowel before y, writing toies instead of toys.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: “One puppy becomes three _____. Write the missing word and explain what happened to the ending.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs letter tiles and noun cards such as baby, puppy, and story, then have them rebuild each word to show more than one.
Ask students to write one sentence about one puppy and another about several puppies, then compare the noun endings.
Play a card match game where students pair singular nouns such as city and berry with their plural forms.
Create a pretend pet shop list showing several puppies, bunnies, and ponies, with a small drawing beside each label.
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