South Dakota ELA K.L.1.b

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The Standard

K.L.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking.

Use regular plural nouns.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name more than one person, place, or thing using a plural noun. They say and write words like cats and boxes.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student says “three dogs,” not “three dog.” Given pictures, they can write “two buses” and “four cups” without a model.
Common Misconceptions: Students may leave the noun unchanged after a number, as in “two cat.” They may write “boxs” instead of “boxes” or add an apostrophe in “cat’s” when they mean more than one cat.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of one dog, three dogs, one box, and two boxes. Ask students to complete “three ___” and “two ___” in writing.

Lesson moves

Give pairs toy cars and paper labels; have them arrange one car and three cars, then label each group.
Show one box and two boxes; ask partners, “What changes in the word when there are two?”
Play a matching game with picture cards labeled “one dish,” “two dishes,” “one cup,” and “two cups.”
Look at a cafeteria menu and write an order for two apples and three sandwiches.

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