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Plurals in the Shoebox Meadow

Grade 2 irregular plural nouns: read a story about a shoebox meadow, then find, sort and write plurals like mice, geese, deer and teeth.

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Aligned toL.2.1.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students form and use irregular plural nouns such as mice, geese, feet and teeth.
Students tell plurals that stay the same, like deer and fish, from plurals that change spelling.
Students name the singular form of an irregular plural noun.

How to use

Read the story aloud together and point out each animal word. Then let students answer on their own and check the sorting question together.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.1.b

Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns, such as feet, children, teeth, mice, and fish.

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Plurals in the Shoebox Meadow

Read a story, then find and write special plural nouns.

Read the story

Read the story. Look for nouns that name more than one.

The Shoebox Meadow

1Ms. Tran's class turned a big shoebox into a tiny meadow. The children worked with partners. Each pair made one part of the meadow.

2Jada and Owen rolled gray clay into two little mice. They gave each mouse a pink nose and a long string tail. Then Owen made a goose with an orange beak. Jada said, "One goose looks lonely." So they made three more geese to keep it company.

3Kai and Lucia cut a stream out of blue paper. They glued five shiny fish in the water. Next, they made two deer with twig legs. Each deer stood on four tiny clay feet.

4Rosa and Ben made a fluffy sheep out of cotton balls. Then they made three more sheep for the green hill. Last, Ben cut tiny white teeth out of paper. He glued two on each mouse.

5When the meadow was done, all the children crowded around the shoebox. "It looks like a real meadow!" said Jada.

Plurals in the story

Use the story to answer each question.

Read paragraph 2 again. Underline the sentence that uses the plural form of the word goose.

Jada and Owen rolled gray clay into two little mice.They gave each mouse a pink nose and a long string tail.Then Owen made a goose with an orange beak.Jada said, "One goose looks lonely."So they made three more geese to keep it company.

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.
They glued five shiny fish in the water.
The word fish can name one fish or more than one fish. Which word in the sentence tells you that it names more than one?

A. glued
B. shiny
C. five
D. water

All of these plural nouns are in the story. Sort them. Is the plural the same as the word for one, or does its spelling change?

geesesheepfishteethmicedeerchildren

Same as the word for one	Spelling changes

Use the word bank. Write the plural noun that finishes each sentence about the meadow. Use each word once.

Word bank: teeth · children · geese · feet · mice

The clay have long string tails.
One goose looked lonely, so Owen and Jada made three more .
Each deer stands on four tiny clay .
Ben glued two tiny paper on each mouse.
All the crowded around the shoebox.